Human Rights Watch slammed Iraq's prison authorities Thursday for detaining several thousand men, women and children in overcrowded and "degrading" conditions that amount to ill treatment. The rights group said it had acquired photographs from Tal Keif prison in Ninevah province that...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar as "nothing but a pirate" in comments published Thursday amid rising tensions in the North African country. Turkey supports the internationally recognized national unity government in Tripoli, which Haftar has...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is willing to mediate between the United States and Iran to ease tensions over Iran's nuclear program. In comments published Thursday, Erdogan said he had discussed the issue of a possible mediation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on...

Taliban and U.S. negotiators are scrambling to rewrite a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and a verifiable Taliban guarantee to fight terrorism ahead of an all-Afghan peace conference Sunday. Officials familiar with the talks, but...

Russia is ready to step up dialogue with the United States over disarmament and strategic stability, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, adding that he discussed these issues with his American counterpart Donald Trump in Japan. "I think that reaching concrete measures in the field of...

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is working to resolve issues faced by some users while sending media files on its social media platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram. More than 14,000 users reported issues with Instagram, while more than 7,500 and 1,600 users reported issues with...

The United States hit Cuba's state-run oil shipping firm Cubametales with financial sanctions Wednesday, saying it's a key player propping up Venezuela's President Nicol?s Maduro. "Maduro is clinging to Cuba to stay in power, buying military and intelligence operatives in exchange for oil,"...

The head of Sudan's ruling military council Wednesday pardoned 235 detained members of the Sudan Liberation Movement, a rebel group that is active in the country's western Darfur region, according to a statement read out on Sudanese state TV. The statement, which was attributed to military...

The International Monetary Fund Wednesday approved a $6 billion, three-year loan for Pakistan to try to right the nation's economy. The IMF board released $1 billion to Pakistan immediately and said in a statement that the program aims to "support the authorities' economic reform program"...

At least 11 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have started a hunger strike in protest against their “administrative detention” without an accusation, a non-governmental organization announced on Wednesday.  In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said two...

South Sudan's army and several armed groups killed more than 100 civilians in a surge in violence in a southern region of the country after the signing of a peace deal last year, a U.N. report said Wednesday. The armed forces also committed sexual violence including rape against around 100...

Sudan's protest leaders Wednesday agreed to hold direct talks with the ruling generals after African Union and Ethiopian mediators urged the two sides to resume stalled negotiations about a new governing body. "The Alliance for Freedom and Change met and decided to accept the invitation for...

White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Wednesday the United States is willing to engage with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but hinted a new peace plan might call on Palestinian refugees to settle where they are and not return to lands now in Israel. At a workshop in Bahrain last...

The son of the crown prince of the UAE has been found dead in his U.K. home, according to local reports.  Khalid Al Qasimi, who founded a fashion brand and exhibited collections in London and Paris, was hailed as a “great philosopher” and “an artist” in a statement on his brand’s...

China on Wednesday denounced British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt as “shameless”, saying it had made a diplomatic complaint to London after he warned of consequences if China neglected commitments made when it took back Hong Kong in 1997. China has stepped up a war of words with Hong Kong’s...

France Wednesday condemned the airstrike on a detention center in Libya that killed nearly 40 migrants, an act that has been blamed on Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has in the past enjoyed French backing. France "condemns the strikes", the foreign ministry said in a statement,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation suspending a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, according to the law published Wednesday on an official government website. The United States is set to pull out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) on Aug 2 citing Russia's...

Hong Kong police said Wednesday they have arrested eight people for stealing and disclosing personal information of officers online, as the city grapples with the aftermath of unprecedented anti-government protests that saw its parliament ransacked. The semi-autonomous city has been plunged...

Germany will be willing to explore any ideas put forward by a new British prime minister to break the Brexit deadlock but the Withdrawal Agreement "will stand as it is," Germany's ambassador to London said Wednesday. "Once there is a new prime minister in this country we will explore the...

A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department’s enforcement staff this week that China’s Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days after U.S. President Donald Trump sowed confusion with a vow to ease a ban on sales to the firm. Trump surprised markets on Saturday by...