Venezuelan intelligence agents arrested on Wednesday a senior leader of the opposition-dominated National Assembly, in the latest action against lawmakers who joined a failed uprising against President Nicolas Maduro last month. Edgar Zambrano is deputy to National Assembly speaker Juan...

A lack of health funding in Gaza means 1,700 people shot by Israeli security forces may have to have amputations in the next two years, Jamie McGoldrick, the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for occupied Palestinian territory, told reporters Wednesday. McGoldrick said 29,000 Palestinians had...

The Iraqi judiciary has tried and sentenced more than 500 foreigners since the start of 2018 for joining Daesh (ISIS), the country's Supreme Court announced Wednesday. It said "514 verdicts were issued, for both men and women, while another 202 accused are still being interrogated and 44...

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday compared her Brexit battle with Brussels to Liverpool footballers' stirring Champions League comeback against Barcelona -- risking ridicule from the left-leaning city. The English club lost the first leg of the semi-final clash 3-0 in Spain...