A day ahead of parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, over a dozen international rights groups on Saturday expressed concern over an increasingly “restrictive” environment. Sixteen advocacy group for human rights and democracy decried “the restrictive electoral environment...

Foreign and defense ministers from Russia and Turkey will discuss in Moscow the United States' decision to withdraw troops from Syria, Russian news agency RIA reported Saturday, citing Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. In an abrupt policy shift, Trump has said that Washington...

Sudanese police broke up several new protests held after Friday prayers, as security agents arrested a top opposition leader after calls for more demonstrations against a rise of bread prices. Angry crowds have taken to the streets in Khartoum and other cities since December 19 after a...

 A U.S. defense official on Friday denied the reports Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime forces entered Manbij. Syrian state-run SANA news agency reported earlier in the day, regime forces entered the city after the group invited forces to take control of the region and ward...