Russian law enforcement agencies have detained a senior official at state technology corporation Rusnano on suspicion of misusing company funds, an investigative committee said on Saturday. Andrei Gorkov, a managing director at Rusnano's investment division, is suspected of placing the...

A boat belonging to a Spanish aid organization has rescued 391 migrants attempting the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. Laura Lanuza, spokeswoman for Spain's Proactiva Open Arms aid group, says that its ship Golfo Azzurro on Saturday took on board 243 migrants from two smugglers'...

At least three civilians were killed by gunmen inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry said that nine others were wounded in the Friday night attack in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, in a statement released Saturday. The...

Iraq's paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi forces said Saturday that they had retaken all areas west of Mosul from ISIS except the town of Tal Afar. The umbrella organisation, which is dominated by Iran-backed Shiite militias, has been fighting primarily on a separate western front since the...