The top military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Tehran would not negotiate with the United States under any circumstances, an apparent hardening of its position as the Gulf tanker crisis escalates. The Swedish operator of a British-flagged oil...

Sri Lanka's Easter attacks that killed 258 people were carried out by local Islamists who drew inspiration from but were not linked to the Islamic State group, a top investigator said Wednesday. Ravi Seneviratne, the head of the Criminal Investigations Department, said the suicide bombers...

Boris Johnson arrived at Buckingham Palace Wednesday to formally take up his duties as Britain's new prime minister after Theresa May tendered her resignation, AFP reporters saw. Johnson, who is the 14th British prime minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II, was briefly delayed after...

Facebook Inc confirmed on Wednesday it will pay $5 billion to resolve a Federal Trade Commission investigation of its privacy practices and said it was ending access to friend data by Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp as a first step under the settlement. Facebook said the data was related to...

Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV on Wednesday quoted the military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader as saying that any change in the status of the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran says it protects, would open the door to a dangerous confrontation. The channel also quoted Hossein Dehghan, a commander...

Russia has never suspended dialogue with the representatives of Venezuelan political landscape, the government and the opposition, said Russia's foreign minister.  People representing opposition leader Juan Guaido are seeking contact with Moscow, said Sergey Lavrov during an interview...

Two Sudanese military officials say security forces have arrested at least a dozen people, including high-ranking army officers for allegedly plotting a coup against the country's ruling generals. The officials said Wednesday the arrested officers worked for Sudan's military and the...

Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted around four dozen Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast and taken them to a detention center that was bombed earlier this month. Spokesperson Ayoub Gassim says a rubber boat carrying 38 migrants, mostly Egyptians, was stopped Tuesday...

 At least 22 Polish citizens were injured, including three seriously, after a bus crashed down a wooded slope near the southern Turkish resort of Kemer on Tuesday, according to a Polish ministry and Turkish and Polish media. “Seven people are still in hospital. Amongst these seven,...

 Iran is ready for “just” negotiations but not if they mean surrender, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, without saying what talks he had in mind. Rouhani seemed to be referring to possible negotiations with the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from...

No Iranian drone has been brought down, the ISNA news agency quoted Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami on Wednesday as saying, after the U.S. military said it taken action against two Iranian drones in the past week. The United States said last Thursday that a Navy ship had “destroyed” an...

Every morning, Hadil Mahmoud, a 13-year-old Yemeni girl, used to practice her favorite hobby of climbing trees near her home in the central Taiz province.  One day, a random shell struck nearby as the Yemeni child was moving up a tree in her hometown of Al-Arari in the war-ravaged...

Russia wants an investigation into a South Korean announcement that one of its military planes violated South Korea's airspace, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday citing, Russia's acting ambassador. Seoul said South Korean fighter jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots to drive away the...

Taking over as prime minister on Wednesday, Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a more diverse top team in a government to be tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal. The former London mayor won the contest to succeed Theresa May on Tuesday by securing...

Iran will secure the Strait of Hormuz and not allow any disturbance in shipping in the key oil transport waterway, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday during a visit to Paris, the state new agency IRNA reported. France, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark support a...

Japan’s top government spokesman said on Wednesday the country’s relationship with South Korea was in a “very severe” state and that Tokyo would continue to urge Seoul to take appropriate action over a string of issues that have frayed bilateral ties. Japan on Tuesday lodged a protest...

Sudanese protester Walid Abdelrahim was shot dead last month in Khartoum but for his mother he is still alive -- thanks to a colourful mural of his smiling face on a wall of their home. "The painting keeps him alive," said Maiyssa Omar, her voice choking as she talked of her son, who was...

Facebook acknowledged Tuesday that a flaw in its Messenger Kids service allowed children get into group chats with people who were not approved by their parents. The leading social network said it has been shutting down the group chats involved and notifying thousands of parents that their...

Neymar will travel on an upcoming tour of China with Paris-Saint Germain, the club said Tuesday, as the troubled Brazilian superstar's future remains up in the air amid mounting signs he is unhappy at the French champions. The 27-year-old, who has been repeatedly linked to a move to...

France, Germany, Spain and the U.K. have strongly condemned the Israel’s latest move to demolish Palestinian homes in the southeast of Jerusalem. A joint statement by the governments of the four countries said they “remain seriously concerned by the continued demolition of Palestinian...