French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called on Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday to renew talks with protesters to find a peaceful solution to the current crisis. Widespread demonstrations against a bill that would allow criminal suspects in the former British colony to be...

A gas pipeline exploded near Basra in southern Iraq on Wednesday and halted supplies to a local power station, but did not affect gas or oil output, oil ministry officials and police said. A technical fault due to scorching summer temperatures appeared to have caused the blast in al-Haritha...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged European countries to take 507 rescued migrants who are currently stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.   "Many are reportedly survivors of appalling abuses in Libya and are from refugee-producing countries. They are in need of...

With the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria with the aim of getting rid of the YPG/PKK terror group in the region, Turkey hopes to resettle a portion of the displaced Syrians currently living in the country. Turkish military officials and their U.S. counterparts last Wednesday...