Lebanon's Hezbollah said Friday it had filed slander lawsuits against an ex-parliamentarian and a political party who allegedly claimed the Shiite movement was responsible for the Beirut port blast. The explosion of hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser at the Beirut port on...

The human rights situation in crisis-wracked Belarus is deteriorating, the UN rights chief said Friday, highlighting mass arrests, including of journalists, and numerous allegations of torture. Michelle Bachelet said there were no signs of improvements in Belarus since an urgent debate...

For a man obsessed with winning, President Donald Trump is losing a lot. He’s managed to lose not just once to Democrat Joe Biden at the ballot box but over and over again in courts across the country in a futile attempt to stay in power. The Republican president and his allies continue...

 At least eight people were killed in the shelling of an industrial compound in Yemen's strategic port of Hodeida, the government said Friday, pointing the finger at the Iran-backed Huthi rebels. There has been an uptick in fighting in and around the lifeline port of the western city,...