A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu Saturday, leaving at least 76 people dead and scores injured, an ambulance official said. The blast occurred in a busy area of the city where traffic is heavy because of a security checkpoint and a tax office....

The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution that strongly condemns Myanmar for violating the human rights of Muslim Rohingya.   The resolution, passed 134-9 on Friday, calls on Myanmar’s government to take urgent measures to prevent human rights violations including torture,...

The head of a hardline French trade union on Friday vowed to press on with a crippling strike that has dampened the festive season, with the stoppages becoming the longest-lasting such action since the 1980s. The strike against pension reforms championed by President Emmanuel Macron began...

Ten Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday, officials said. The Taliban dug a tunnel into the base in volatile Sangin district and then blew it up before their fighters could attack the compound, Nawab Zadran a...