A UN official on extrajudicial executions will assess the “steps taken by governments to address and respond” to the killing of a Saudi journalist in Istanbul, and launch an international inquiry, the United Nations said on Friday.  In a statement, the UN’s Human Rights Office of...

Japan is likely to hold a referendum in southern Okinawa region on Feb. 24 on whether to relocate a U.S. military base in the country, local media reported on Friday. According to The Japan Times, work is underway to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to Henoko....

Germany is considering to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as “interim president”, if Venezuela would not hold free and fair elections, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said on Friday. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Steffen Seibert said European Union member...

Clashes erupted on Friday between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The clashes, which occurred in the town of Al-Mughayyir east of Ramallah and Kafr Qaddum west of Nablus, saw Israeli forces use teargas, rubber bullets and live...