Rohingya Muslims, forced to emigrate from their homeland to escape oppression and horrific massacres, cannot escape their painful memories. Nearly 1.5 million Rohingya Muslims who fled from ethnic and religious persecution in Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh are struggling to survive in...

Authorities apprehended a Georgia man Wednesday who allegedly sought to attack the White House and other federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Hasher Taheb, 21, is suspected of planning to use an anti-tank rocket and other explosives to attack the executive mansion and other "targets of...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras managed to secure the support of 151 MPs from Greece’s 300-seat legislature late Wednesday, avoiding snap elections and clearing the way for the ratification of an agreement ending a dispute over Macedonia’s name. Tsipras was forced to call for the vote...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to delay his State of the Union address as long as the partial government shutdown is ongoing. Alternatively, Pelosi wrote in a letter to the president, Trump could submit his speech in writing to...

A local government in central Japan is experimenting with robots to aid residents with government help. Authorities in Ogaki in Gifu Prefecture showcased robots that can independently guide people to the “right information” window or “teach” them how to fill out government forms, the Japan...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence claimed Wednesday the Daesh terrorist group has been finally defeated just after it claimed an attack that took the lives of a yet determined number of service members and civilians in Manbij, Syria. "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated,"...

Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu met with his Somali counterpart on Wednesday in Ankara. Security Minister Abukar Hassan Islow arrived in the Turkish capital to hold "important and productive" official talks with Turkish authorities. He was welcomed by Soylu and his delegation....

mid the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, Turkey will press the fight against terrorist group Daesh to clear it from Syrian soil, Turkey’s president said Wednesday. "Turkey will continue the fight against Daesh and eliminate this terrorist group in Syria," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a joint press...

A top Kremlin aide on Wednesday dismissed as ridiculous claims that US President Donald Trump has acted as an agent for Russia amid mounting controversy over his alleged ties to Moscow. "Why comment on something stupid? How can the US president be an agent of another country?" President...

Three Italian security officers left the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after an incident that saw them flee to a UN building as Hamas security pursued them, an official and a diplomatic source said. The three were in Gaza to prepare for an upcoming visit by the Italian consul general based in...

At least 30 people have been abducted by suspected separatists in a troubled English-speaking region of western Cameroon, local sources said on Wednesday.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday said that all attackers who stormed a hotel in the capital with guns and explosives had been eliminated. Speaking on national television, Kenyatta said: "I can now confirm that the security operation at Dusit complex is over and all the terrorists...

Amid mounting pressure on the ruling military junta to set a date for general elections in Thailand, the chief of the country's powerful army has warned pro-democracy activists of "not crossing the line". The warning comes as the country saw Sunday biggest pro-democracy protests in years...

Leading Zimbabwean activist Evan Mawarire was detained by police on Wednesday when he was taken from his house in a widening crackdown after anti-government protests. The nationwide protests were triggered by the government announcing at the weekend that fuel would more than double in price...

Dozens of young men were injured on the first day of a traditional bull-wrestling festival in southern India that has attracted the ire of animal activists, officials said Wednesday. During the Jallikattu festival in Tamil Nadu bulls festooned with marigolds are released from pens and men...

Bangladesh factories making clothes for Western brands have sacked hundreds of workers after more than a week of strikes and clashes over wages, police and trade unions said Wednesday. The country's $30-billion clothing industry is the world's second-largest after China. Its some four...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations on Tuesday that Israel was hindering development in the Middle East with the occupation of Palestinian territories and again called for an independent state of Palestine. Abbas spoke at a ceremony marking the handover of the chair...

The survival of a key nuclear arms control treaty was cast further in doubt Tuesday after the US and Russia blamed each other for pushing the agreement to the brink of collapse. Senior diplomats from both countries met in Geneva amid widespread concern over the fate of the bilateral...

At least 10 people were killed and several others injured when Boko Haram militants attacked a military base in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno on Monday, local media reported on Tuesday. According to a report by Daily Trust, the militant group also set fire to civilian houses....

The Taliban took responsibility on Tuesday for the deadly suicide truck bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a day earlier that killed four people and left more than 100 injured. The Taliban dubbed it as a message for the foreign forces and the new Interior Minister Amrullah Saleh, a...