Myanmar's top Buddhist body has banned hardline group Ma Ba Tha, according to a document sent out on Tuesday, a move aimed at curbing the movement's influence amid rising Islamophobia. Myanmar has been gripped by deepening religious tensions that have repeatedly spilled into violence,...

Suspected oil rebels attacked a gas pipeline in Nigeria's restive south, breaking a fragile truce between them and the government, an oil company spokesman told AFP Tuesday. The attack on a pipeline operated by the Nigerian Gas Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum...

 Assad regime has taken an additional step in restricting and piling up its already restricted press by ordering Prime Minister Imad Khamis to the Minister of Justice Hisham al-Shaar asking for a detailed memorandum on the issues related to state. According to an official letter,...

The French government has given instructions to organizers of sporting and cultural events in the country on security measures after the Manchester attack, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said. "We have given a certain number of instructions to the organizers of sporting and cultural...