The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to go back and trade in the stability of their new lives. "There's no security, no protection for Christians back there," said the former resident of the largest city in...

 Germany has frozen all arms deliveries to Turkey, a newspaper reported Friday, amid a row between the NATO partners that has sharply worsened since Ankara arrested several human rights activists. Berlin stepped up its travel advisory for Turkey on Thursday and warned it would review...

Despite global sanctions over its weapons programmes, North Korea's economy grew at the fastest pace in 17 years thanks to a jump in exports and increased production in mining and other industries, the South's central bank said Friday. The Bank of Korea (BOK) said the North's gross domestic...

 Germany's finance minister is comparing Turkey with communist East Germany after his government toughened its stance toward Ankara following the jailing of a human rights activist. The government a day earlier told German citizens traveling to Turkey to exercise caution and threatened...