FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called for a crackdown on racism at soccer games after several high-profile incidents, and encouraged referees to abandon matches in the worst cases. The head of world soccer's governing body says "we will not hesitate to do everything in our power to...

A group of Iraq’s Shi’ite militia groups said on Saturday that they strongly rejected the designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) as a terrorist organization by the United States. The groups, backed and trained by Tehran, delivered a statement from the home of Iran’s...

Eastern Libyan forces will pursue their advance on the capital Tripoli, the head of the eastern parliament in the divided country said on Saturday, despite international calls for a halt in an offensive that risks causing many civilian casualties. His comments came an eastern air strike hit...

The new head of Sudan’s military council said on Saturday a civilian government would be formed after consultations with the opposition and promised the transition period would last for a maximum of two years, as protesters kept up pressure for rapid change. In his first televised address,...

Incoming Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced his new cabinet Saturday alongside president Mahmud Abbas. Several key positions were unchanged from the previous administration of Rami Hamdallah. Analysts say the change of government was made to further isolate Islamist...

Thousands of people on Saturday rallied in Belgrade against President Aleksandar Vucic who they accuse of authoritarianism and muzzling the media. Police put the number of demonstrators at 7,500, while the opposition estimated tens of thousands had turned out. Protests have been held...

Israeli forces detained three Palestinians near the security fence with the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli military on Saturday.  In a statement, the army said the three men had sneaked the fence into Israeli territory.  It said one Palestinians had a knife, but without...

Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 18 people in a Pakistan market, the group's Amaq news agency said Saturday. The attack ripped through an outdoor Pakistani market on Friday, killing at least 18 people, half of them ethnic Hazaras, officials...

Algeria's magistrates, who play a key role overseeing the country's elections, said Saturday they would boycott a July 4 presidential election in support of the protest movement. Protestors have held vast rallies calling for allies of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down after...

 Syrian Kurds on Saturday repatriated 25 women and children from Iraq's Yazidi minority after freeing them during the final push against Daesh (ISIS), a local official said. The U.S.-backed fighters say they rescued some 300 Yazidi women and children during the fight to take the...

“Yellow vest” demonstrators clashed with riot police in the French city of Toulouse on Saturday as President Emmanuel Macron prepares a series of policy announcements aimed at quelling 22 consecutive weekends of anti-government protests. Police in the southeastern city fired teargas and...

At least 16 people have been killed and 20 others injured in Khartoum amid insecurity following the ouster of long-serving President Omar al-Bashir, according to the Sudanese police on Saturday. In a statement, police said several looting attacks were reported in the capital in the past two...

Italy’s prime minister has said any foreign military intervention in Libya would not resolve the latest conflict in its former colony, warning that it might trigger a refugee exodus across the Mediterranean. Eastern-based Libyan forces led by Khalifa Haftar are advancing in a push to seize...

France’s Yellow Vest protests continue on Saturday, marking the 22nd consecutive weekend of demonstrations. Thousands have gathered in Toulouse, the “capital” of this edition, the first since a controversial anti-rioting law took effect on Thursday. Several hundred people had begun...

Urging the Taliban to engage in direct peace talks, the Afghan government on Saturday condemned the spring offensives just announced by the insurgents. The Arg (presidential palace) said in a statement that the Taliban announced their so-called spring offensives amid intensified efforts by...

Forces loyal to East Libya-based Khalifa Haftar carried out an airstrike in southern Tripoli on Saturday, according to local media. The attack targeted a military camp of a militia aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Ain Zara area, the media said. No...

The idea of a second Brexit referendum is very likely to be put before Britain’s parliament again although the government remains opposed to any new plebiscite, the British finance minister said on Friday. Philip Hammond said he hoped parliament would break the Brexit impasse by passing a...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would not “quit the fight” in the socialist-run Latin American nation which is spiraling into deepening economic and political crisis. Pompeo is on a three-day trip to Chile, Paraguay...

Dozens of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean after being stranded at sea for 10 days, will disembark in Malta following a deal for Germany, France, Portugal and Luxembourg to take them in, Malta's prime minister said Saturday. The 64 migrants on board the Alan Kurdi ship "will be...

Yemeni government officials say President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has returned home from Saudi Arabia to attend a rare session of parliament and elect a speaker. The officials say Hadi's presidential plane departed from Riyadh and landed in the eastern Yemeni city of Sayoun on Friday, where...