The death toll of civilians and fighters further increased on the third day of the Turkish offensive towards the Kurds in Syria. A car bomb went off in the city of Qamishli, and on the Turkish side of the border civilians were killed in a mortar attack, according to several media. A car...

Some 100,000 people have left their homes in northeastern Syria with a growing number sheltering in shelters and schools following this week's Turkish military incursion in the region, the United Nations said on Friday. "The humanitarian impact is already being felt. An estimated...

Counter-terror police were on Friday probing a mass stabbing at a shopping centre in northwest England that left several people injured and needing hospital treatment. The attack happened at the Arndale shopping centre in the heart of Manchester, where an Islamist extremist suicide bomber...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country's long-running border conflict with Eritrea. Ethiopia and Eritrea, longtime foes who fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, restored relations in July 2018...