Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday condemned the twin terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand.   "The terrorist, racist attack on Muslim prayers in New Zealand was a brutal, tragic act that filled the hearts of all Muslims and free people around the world,...

Mosques across the U.K. were strewn with flowers in a show of solidarity with Muslims in the wake of deadly terror attacks in New Zealand.  A bouquet of flowers was seen at the front door of the Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, a clear sign that the mass shooting which killed at...

US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters Saturday as the holdout jihadists clung onto the last dregs of their crumbling "caliphate" in eastern Syria. For weeks, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have battled to crush IS fighters holed up in a small riverside hamlet in...

After weeks of declining participation, France's "yellow vest" protest movement attempted to rebound on Saturday with a major rally in Paris which quickly turned violent. A large crowd gathered on the Champs-Elysees avenue for the 18th straight week of anti-government protests which...

Yemen's Huthi rebels warned on Saturday they could launch attacks against the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who lead a military coalition against them. The threat came as the United Nations was trying to salvage a truce deal in Yemen, seen as crucial to diplomatic...

War is personal. And in Syria, after eight years of a grinding conflict, there are as many stories of loss, dispossession and desperate hope as there are people. What started as peaceful protests in 2011 asking for government change turned into one of the cruelest modern wars and left a...

US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters overnight as the jihadists Saturday clung onto their crumbling bastion in eastern Syria. "Clashes broke out again last night and have continued since," said Adnane Afrine, spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)....

French yellow vest protesters clashed Saturday with riot police near the Arc de Triomphe as they kicked off their 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. After dwindling numbers in recent weekends, protesters are hoping their latest protest can breathe new...

A raft of top class sporting events were cancelled in New Zealand on Saturday as a traumatized nation started burying the dead from the worst peacetime mass killing in its history. A lone gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 at two Christchurch mosques on Friday in a shooting...

Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple Inc, with a jury in federal court in San Diego finding that Apple owes Qualcomm about $31 million for infringing three of its patents. Qualcomm last year sued Apple alleging it had violated...

Shares of Facebook Inc fell as much as 5 percent on Friday to their lowest in nearly three months after the surprise departure of Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, at a time when the company is again being scrutinized over its handling of privacy, extremism and political content. Cox, a Wall...

Russia will not leave new European Union sanctions unanswered, the foreign ministry was cited by the RIA news agency as saying in a statement on Saturday. The United States, Canada and the European Union on Friday imposed fresh sanctions to punish Russia for its 2018 attack on three...

President Donald Trump vetoed a congressional resolution to terminate his emergency declaration over a border wall, striking back at Republican and Democratic lawmakers who opposed the controversial move with the first veto of his presidency. “Congress has the freedom to pass this...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all parties involved in the Syrian conflict to maintain their commitments and uphold the ceasefire arrangement in the country’s northern Idlib province. In a written statement released on Friday, Guterres said: “I am extremely concerned about...

The word repeated over and over across New Zealand is "Why?" Why was the country, thought of as among the most peaceful in the world, singled out for a horrifying terrorist attack? This South Pacific nation, hailed by Muslim immigrants as a "heaven on earth", ranks second only...

US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns that the massacre by an apparent white supremacist in New Zealand indicates a dangerous trend. Trump was asked if the killing of at least 49 people in two mosques in Christchurch by a man claiming that white people are being overwhelmed...

Borussia Moenchengladbach suffered another setback in their bid to qualify for next season's Champions League as they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Freiburg on Friday. Dieter Hecking's side had been on the heels of leaders Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich before the winter break, but...

The U.S. intention to evacuate the rest of its embassy staff from Caracas is "alarming," according to Russian officials. "It is alarming because the news was accompanied by the comment of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the ‘presence of U.S. personnel limits U.S. actions.’ What are...

Ankara on Friday opened an inquiry after it emerged that the man alleged to be the New Zealand mosque gunman made several visits to Turkey, an official said. A right-wing extremist armed with semi-automatic weapons rampaged through two mosques in the city of Christchurch during...

The fate of Syrians and their country changed forever over the course of a few fateful days in March 2011. The revolutionaries' initial demands of freedom, justice and dignity still feel distant for Syria's millions displaced at home and abroad. Eight years on, Syrians have...