France on Thursday accused Iran of supplying weapons to Houthi rebels fighting a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. "There is a problem in Yemen, it is that the political process has not begun, that Saudi Arabia feels regularly attacked by the Houthis, who are themselves supplied with arms...

Video circulating online of a young man apparently sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Morocco has sparked an uproar just as the government is trying to fight violence against women. Amid widespread anger, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday that authorities have arrested the alleged...

British police said on Wednesday the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter may have been exposed to a suspected nerve agent at the front door of their home. "At this point in our investigation, we believe the Skripals first came into contact with the nerve agent...

A Lebanese army veteran set himself ablaze during a Wednesday demonstration held in Beirut to protest legislation related to pension entitlements.  The man, who has not been identified, reportedly set himself alight while protesting alongside dozens of other army veterans in...

Alexandre Bissonnette admitted Wednesday he is gunman who shot and killed six men during prayer at a Quebec City mosque last year. Bissonnette, 28, had pleaded not guilty Monday in front of Judge Francois Huot to the 12 charges – six of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder....

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Wednesday announced the release of nine of their fighters captured earlier by pro-government forces in a prisoner exchange.  Yemen’s Houthi-run SABA news agency reported that the nine captured fighters had been freed in a prisoner swap carried out in...

Palestine’s Religious Affairs Ministry is urging Arabs and Muslims worldwide to rally to the defense of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque amid calls by Jewish groups to visit the site -- in large numbers -- during the upcoming Jewish Passover holiday. In a Wednesday statement, Religious...

Deposed Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi is being detained in conditions that fail to meet international standards and could lead to his premature death, according to a report released Wednesday by three British lawmakers. Morsi, who has a history of ill-health including diabetes,...

The Kremlin said Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin was still ready to hold a summit with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump despite the mass Western expulsions of Russian diplomats in a spy row. "This depends on the American side, but the Russian side remains open," Putin's spokesman...

Former Catalan minister Clara Ponsati, who is wanted by Spain for her role in last year's independence bid, surrendered to Scottish police Wednesday to face arrest under a European warrant. Lawyers for Ponsati, a professor at the University of St Andrews, said they will "robustly"...

A lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels has requested in federal court to take deposition from President Donald Trump in a legal battle over an agreement to keep her quiet about an intimate relationship she says they had, according to court documents seen Wednesday. Her lawyer,...

Former House Speaker Win Myint was elected Myanmar president on Wednesday following the resignation of Htin Kyaw. Win Myint, 66, had stepped down the powerful speaker position at the Lower House to become vice president soon after Htin Kyaw -- the first civilian president in more than...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula during his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to China's state news agency. Xinhua on Wednesday quoted Kim saying that the issue could be resolved if South Korea and the...

Iraq wants to "keep away" from the U.S.-Iran conflict, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday. Baghdad wants to maintain a "balance" in its relations with Washington and Tehran, he told an energy conference in Baghdad, explaining that this policy was in Iraq's interest....

The Trump administration says a revamped deal with South Korea will give U.S. carmakers more access to the country and will provide protection from competition. Senior administration officials told The Associated Press Tuesday that the United States reached an agreement to overhaul the...

Luxembourg announced Wednesday that it was recalling its ambassador to Russia for consultations and said it agreed with Britain that Moscow was very likely to have been responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil. The small European country wedged between France and Germany has...

Irish officials have been told to expect new proposals imminently from Britain on how it plans to avoid a post-Brexit hard border, The Times newspaper reported Wednesday, citing unidentified sources. Irish officials were promised concrete details on what alternative plans the British...

SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund will invest in creating the world's biggest solar power project in Saudi Arabia, it said on Tuesday, stepping up its involvement in the kingdom and expanding beyond technology. The project is expected to have the capacity to produce up to 200 gigawatts...

China stocks fell on Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street where tech firms were hit hard on concerns over tighter government scrutiny on the industry. At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 1.4 percent at 3,122.29, while the blue-chip CSI300 index close down 1.8...

A Turkish court Tuesday placed under arrest a German national who was caught seeking to cross Turkey's southern border to fight with a Kurdish militia in Syria, state media said. The man, 28, who has spent four years in the German military, was detained earlier in March seeking to cross...