In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election. But the 44-year-old Muslim said he will not be exercising...

One month has passed since the beginning  of what some are calling a new Palestinian “Intifada” (uprising) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which has left scores of Palestinians dead and hundreds injured. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development forecast growth for Turkey at 3 percent in 2015, in a report released on Thursday. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) expects the Turkish economy to grow 3 per cent in 2015 and 2.8 per cent in 2016, below the...

Federal prosecutors say four men, two of them Indian citizens, have been charged with trying to send money to an al-Qaeda leader. The U.S. Justice Department says it was part of ongoing efforts to carry out violence against U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. An indictment filed in...