The UN's refugee agency voiced concern Tuesday over a law approved by Italy's parliament that imposes stiffer penalties on NGO migrant rescue boats in the Mediterranean, demanding that humanitarian work "not be criminalised or stigmatised". The text, adopted by Italian lawmakers in a...

A suicide car bomber targeted a police station in western Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion that wounded at least 95 people, Afghan officials said. Violence is surging across Afghanistan even as the US and the Taliban negotiate a peace deal ahead of elections planned for...

 Libya's internationally recognized government has allocated 40 million Libyan dinars ($28.5 million) for its defense ministry, it said Tuesday, stepping up spending to fend off an eastern offensive as the war enters a fifth month. The government also granted each of its soldiers 3,000...

La Liga president Javier Tebas says Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain represent "a danger that football has not seen before" as he stepped up his attacks on the big-spending superpowers. Tebas, who has strongly criticised City before, said the money pumped into the Premier League...