Four women land rights activists were sentenced to six months in prison by a court in Cambodia on Monday for insulting and obstructing public officials during a 2011 violent land rights protest. Seizure of land for development is a major cause of protests in Cambodia and other countries in...

Unidentified gunmen in southern Libya on Monday abducted two Italian nationals and a Canadian working for an Italian airport maintenance company, according to a local official. "The abducted individuals were doing maintenance on the city’s airport," Qomani Mohamed Saleh, mayor of Libya’s...

The Saudi authorities have thwarted a plan by the Daesh terrorist group to carry out attacks in different parts of the country, the Saudi Interior Ministry announced Monday. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted Ministry Spokesman Mansour al-Turki as saying that authorities had arrested...

Turkey "has no eye on the territory of any other country" and its cross border operation in Syria is part of the country’s "right to self-defense" said Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar on Monday. Speaking at a Veterans' Day ceremony in Ankara, Akar said the Operation Euphrates Shield "is...

Atletico Madrid will try to secure their first win at the Nou Camp since 2006 when they face Barcelona on Wednesday in a heavyweight clash between La Liga title contenders. Real Madrid, who are chasing history in their home game against Villarreal the same day, head the standings by three...

India said on Monday it had the right to respond when and where it chose to a deadly attack on an army base in Kashmir, after blaming Pakistan for the raid that killed 18 soldiers. The assault, in which four gunmen burst into a brigade headquarters in the town of Uri before dawn on Sunday,...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign accused the White House of minimizing the threat poised by Islamic State and allowing the danger to increase under Democratic President Barack Obama. "Diminishing the threat the Obama administration has allowed to materialize on its...

On Sept. 1, half a dozen Hamas security officials called at the home of Mohammed Othman, a young journalist in Gaza who had written several probing articles. They seized two laptops, two mobile phones and took Othman away for questioning. Twenty-four hours later, after what he described as...

Authorities have identified a suspect in the Manhattan explosion case as a 28-year-old New Jersey resident of Afghan descent who may be armed and dangerous, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. The New York Police Department released a photo of Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was wanted...

Turkey’s government ran a budget surplus of 3.6 billion Turkish liras ($1.2 billion) in August and 4.9 billion liras ($1.64 billion) in January-August, said Turkish Finance Minister Naci Agbal on Monday.  “Public finance is the main anchor that the foundation of the solid Turkish...

A Palestinian was shot and injured in Jerusalem on Monday morning after allegedly attacking two Israeli police officers with a knife, according to Israeli police sources. One police officer was seriously injured in the alleged knife attack -- which occurred near the Old City of Jerusalem's...

China on Monday accused Japan of trying to "confuse" the situation in the South China Sea, after its neighbor said it would step up activity in the contested waters, through joint training patrols with the United States. Ties between Asia's two largest economies have long been overshadowed...

Indonesia plans to pursue Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google for five years of back taxes, and the search giant could face a bill of more than $400 million for 2015 alone if it is found to have avoided tax payments, a senior tax official told Reuters. Muhammad Hanif, head of the tax office's...

U.N. war crimes investigators on Monday called on European countries to let them interview more newly-arrived Syrian refugees to document fresh violations, saying it had become increasingly difficult. The panel, set up five years ago, says it has compiled a confidential list of suspects on...

Turkey-backed rebels may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and were now focused on heading toward the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Speaking at a news conference before departing for New York where he is due...

Turkish fighter jets destroyed three Daesh targets in northern Syria late Sunday, according to military sources. A weapons depot, a shelter, and the terrorist organization's purported headquarters in Syria's Baragitah/Sandarah regions were destroyed, said the sources, speaking on condition...

U.S. Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Sunday accused Donald Trump of inciting violence against Hillary Clinton after the Republican candidate said Clinton's security detail should be disarmed given her support for tighter gun rules. Kaine, speaking on Fox News Sunday,...

If the United States mistakenly struck Syrian government troops in an airstrike, "we regret doing so, especially the loss of lives”, a U.S. official told Anadolu Agency on Saturday. "The coalition aircraft conducting the mission believed they were striking ISIL forces near Dayr Az Zawr,"...

Tunisia has extended the current state of emergency for another month, the Tunisian Presidency has announced. A statement said after consulting the premier and head of the national assembly on national security issues, President Beji Caid Essebsi decided to extend the state of emergency from...

Israeli police have detained 20 Arab Israelis belonging to the Balad political party after an investigation into their finances. A police statement said they detained officials, activists, lawyers and accountants during Sunday morning raids. It said the party was suspected of hiding the...