The U.N.'s migration agency said Friday it has suspended operations in two camps near the embattled Iraqi city of Mosul that host nearly 80,000 displaced Iraqis due to security concerns. The International Organization for Migration announced the temporary suspensions at the Qayara air strip...

Pakistan's oil and gas regulator on Friday ordered a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell to pay about 257 million rupees ($2.4 million) in damages and compensation for a tanker explosion that killed more than 200 people. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has held Shell Pakistan Ltd...

Anti-capitalist protesters set fire to cars, barricades, rubbish bins and wooden pallets on Friday as leaders from the world's top economies convened for a summit in the northern German city of Hamburg. Police said violence that erupted during marches on Thursday continued into Friday, with...

UNESCO Friday declared the Old City of Hebron a protected heritage site in a secret ballot, an issue which has triggered a new Israeli-Palestinian spat at the international body. The U.N.'s cultural arm voted 12 to three - with six abstentions - to give heritage status to Hebron in the...