A man described as a so-called “judge” in the Daesh terror group was remanded in custody by an Istanbul court on Wednesday. Yasser Mohammed Salem Radown, a foreign national also known as Abu Jihad, was arrested earlier this month when Turkish police raided a residence in Istanbul's...

Brazil international midfielder Philippe Coutinho has extended his contract with Liverpool, the Premier League side said on its website (www.liverpoolfc.com) Wednesday. Although no official details of his new contract were revealed, media reports said the 24-year-old signed a five-and-a-half...

China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping's steady hand and new U.S. President Donald Trump, whose first days have been marked by media feuds and protests. Just days ahead of Trump taking office,...

A suspected suicide car bomb rammed into the gate of a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu Wednesday and militants stormed inside, police and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports about casualties and no immediate claim of responsibility. The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab...