Alexandre Bissonnette admitted Wednesday he is gunman who shot and killed six men during prayer at a Quebec City mosque last year. Bissonnette, 28, had pleaded not guilty Monday in front of Judge Francois Huot to the 12 charges – six of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder....

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Wednesday announced the release of nine of their fighters captured earlier by pro-government forces in a prisoner exchange.  Yemen’s Houthi-run SABA news agency reported that the nine captured fighters had been freed in a prisoner swap carried out...

The Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporters killed 1,433 civilians from Feb.19 to March 23 during airstrikes in Eastern Ghouta, a Damascus suburb, Syrian Civil Defense said on Tuesday. The fatalities included 291 children and 223 women, according to a report by White Helmets civil...

Former House Speaker Win Myint was elected Myanmar president on Wednesday following the resignation of Htin Kyaw. Win Myint, 66, had stepped down the powerful speaker position at the Lower House to become vice president soon after Htin Kyaw -- the first civilian president in more than...