The family of Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi released a video Monday in which two male Israeli interrogators are seen threatening the then-16-year-old and commenting on her body, fair skin and "eyes of an angel." One of the men is seen moving to within inches of Tamimi, who...

Armenia's new President Armen Sarkisian was sworn in on Monday but power is expected to remain with his predecessor as the ex-Soviet republic shifts to a parliamentary form of government. The former ambassador to the United Kingdom took the oath of office at an extraordinary...

(AP) — A hockey arena became the epicenter of grief for a small Canadian town Sunday as friends, relatives and those who housed members of a youth hockey team gathered to mourn 15 people killed when a semi-trailer slammed into the team's bus. Fourteen were also injured, some critically,...

  WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea's government has communicated with the United States to say that leader Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss his nuclear weapons program with President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday, increasing the likelihood that the unprecedented summit will actually...

Swiss police used rubber bullets to disperse protesters at Saturday's unauthorized demonstration by PYD/PKK supporters in the capital Bern, local media reported on Sunday. Clashes between the police and protesters were also reported, according to daily Blick. The police had to...

After a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Real Madrid, Diego Simeone suggested that he wants to continue seeing improvements from his Atletico side and that's why he stays at the club. His words infer that he will remain in the red and white half of Madrid, despite interest from some of...

The European Rohingya Council (ERC) called on the international community to help protect Rohingya Muslims, who are fleeing state persecution in Myanmar. “We are calling international community to bring the perpetrators of genocide into international justice. We also call international...

A suicide attack targeting a political party headquarters in western Iraq has killed four people and injured seven others, including a candidate in polls set for May, officials said Sunday. On Saturday evening "two suicide bombers disguised as soldiers entered the Al-Hal Party...

Russia's embassy in London on Sunday accused Britain of "deliberately" withholding information on probes into the targeting of several Russians on its soil, as the war of words between the two countries continues. The embassy said it had asked the British Foreign Office for "detailed...

Dozens of Saudi detainees caught up in a government anti-graft crackdown could be referred to courts specialized in cases of national security and terrorism, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Sunday. They include individuals who refused to agree to confidential settlements with the...

 Libyan authorities say they have found the remains of three children abducted more than two years ago west of the capital, Tripoli. The Libyan criminal investigation office said Saturday the bodies were found south the town of Surman, near the Mediterranean coast. An armed...

NEW YORK (AP) — A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower on Saturday killed a man inside and sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president's namesake skyscraper. New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the cause of the blaze...

Several Israeli websites on Saturday came under a cyber attack by unidentified hackers, local media reported. The hackers posted Palestinian flags and pictures of the ongoing demonstrations at the Gaza-Israel border on websites of Israeli municipalities, and public and private...

An Egyptian court ruled on Saturday that a judicial decision to suspend the licences of ride-hailing companies Uber and Careem should not be applied, allowing them to continue their work, judicial sources said. Forty-two Egyptian taxi drivers filed a lawsuit in the administrative court...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France of abetting terrorists by "hosting them" at the Elysee Palace, amid a diplomatic row between the NATO allies over Paris's support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). "France is abetting terrorists by hosting them at the...

A vehicle crashed into a crowd Saturday outside a popular bar in the western German city of Muenster, killing three people and injuring 20 others, police said. Police spokesman Andreas Bode told reporters the driver of the vehicle killed himself after the crash. He said the driver's...

 Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centers in Iran where they left the image of a U.S. flag on screens along with a warning "Don't mess with our elections", the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday. "The attack apparently affected 200,000 router...

The torso armor Russell Crowe wore for his Oscar-winning role in "Gladiator" eclipsed expectations at a Sydney auction on Saturday, selling for 125,000 Australian dollars ($96,000). Sotheby's Australia had estimated the stunt cuirass worn in the 2000 blockbuster would fetch between...

(AFP) -  Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is negotiating his surrender after dramatically skipping a first deadline Friday to start his 12-year prison sentence for corruption, a close ally said. The 72-year-old had been ordered to surrender voluntarily by 5:00 pm...

WASHINGTON (AFP) -  The Palestinian representative in Washington warned Friday that the situation in Gaza is explosive and that the region cannot afford to wait for the promised new US peace plan. Husam Zomlot, the Palestine Liberation Organization's envoy to the United States,...