The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a series of deadly attacks on Sri Lankan churches and hotels that killed more than 320 people on Easter Sunday but did not offer supporting evidence for the claim. The Islamic State group on Tuesday said it was behind a...

Algeria's richest man Issad Rebrab has been moved to jail on the public prosecutor's orders, state media reported Tuesday a day after his arrest as part of a corruption probe. Rebrab, the chief executive of Algeria's biggest privately-owned conglomerate Cevital, was placed in detention...

Beijing is again lashing out at a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on countries that buy Iranian oil, calling it a violation of China's interests that will intensify turmoil in the Middle East and international energy markets. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang Tuesday said the U.S. is...

Five people have been killed and dozens wounded in Yemen's third city of Taez, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday after clashes erupted between various pro-government factions. "Heavy fighting has once again resumed inside Taez," a city just inland from the Red Sea port of Mokha,...

Millions of Indians are voting in the third and largest phase of a staggered general election on Tuesday, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi who cast his ballot in his home state of Gujarat and again underlined the need to combat “terrorism”. In all, 188 million Indians are eligible to...

The New IRA militant Irish nationalist group has apologized for the killing of journalist Lyra McKee - its first acknowledgement that one of its members was involved, the Irish News newspaper reported on Tuesday. The organization, which opposes Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace deal, described...

Yemen’s Houthi forces have missiles that could be fired at Riyadh, Dubai and Abu Dhabi should violence escalate in the main Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, where a fragile ceasefire is now in place, the leader of the Houthi movement said on Monday. Yemen’s four-year war pits the Iran-aligned...

Sri Lankan police detained a Syrian among 40 people being questioned about the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, government and military sources said on Tuesday, as the toll from the coordinated bomb attacks rose to 321. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which...

Venezuela's government announced on Monday two marches to counter the ones opposition leader Juan Guaido has planned. The street demonstrations in favor of President Nicolas Maduro will take place on Saturday, and May 1, Labor Day. Saturday's event will also mark Venezuela's official...

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday reveal his long-awaited response to almost half a year of street protests in a reform plan that could prove decisive for his presidency and long-term political future. Macron, 41, swept to power in 2017 on hopes he would be a youthful breath...

Forces belonging to Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said Monday they had seized control of a large part of Tripoli International Airport. The development follows clashes with forces loyal to eastern Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar, Mustafa al-Mecei, the...

Tehran is prepared for a U.S. decision to end waivers granted to buyers of Iranian crude, an Iranian oil ministry source said on Monday, as the Revolutionary Guards repeated their threat to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported. The United States will fail to cut...

The United States on Monday offered a reward of up to $10 million for information that could help disrupt financing of Hezbollah, the armed Shi’ite group backed by Iran. The announcement by the U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program comes amid growing concerns by Washington...

A hospitalized Palestinian teen said Monday he was shot in his thighs by Israeli soldiers while he was handcuffed and blindfolded - the latest in what a leading rights group portrayed as a series of unjustified shootings of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers. The military said it was...

Sri Lanka's decision to block social media following deadly suicide attacks highlights a growing distrust of online platforms, but critics said the move is likely to restrict the flow of important news and information as well as abusive content. The move comes amid growing frustration by...

Saudi authorities arrested 13 "terrorist" suspects Monday a day after an attack claimed by Daesh (ISIS) on a security services base north of the capital, state media said. Saudi Press Agency, quoting a state security spokesman, said the arrests were part of an investigation by authorities...

Turkey has arrested nine people, including a member of the ruling AK Party, after the country’s main opposition leader was punched and his car was stoned at a soldier’s funeral at the weekend, the interior minister said on Monday. Kilicdaroglu was attacked on Sunday as he attended a funeral...

Opponents of constitutional amendments that could see Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stay in power until 2030 urged people to vote “no” on Monday, the third and final day of a referendum on the proposal. The amendments would also bolster the role of the military and expand the...

The Paris prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into allegations that Yellow Vest protesters assailed police over the weekend with taunts urging officers to kill themselves. Yellow Vests took to the streets of Paris for a 23rd consecutive Saturday this weekend, facing off...

More than $60 million dollars in public funds were embezzled by Mosul officials close to the province's sacked governor in the wake of last month's ferry sinking, Iraqi officials said Monday. Iraq's anti-corruption Integrity Commission said officials from the Nineveh province, of which...