Credible pressure needs to be put on Myanmar so that the country develops a favorable environment for the Rohingya to return home, said Bangladesh’s foreign minister on Thursday. AK Abdul Momen made the remarks on Thursday in a meeting in the capital Dhaka with Earl Robert Miller, the U.S....

The death toll from the bursting of a tailings dam at an iron ore mining complex in southeastern Brazil has risen to 110, local media reported Thursday, citing officials. Another 238 people were said to be missing while 71 victims of the disaster have been identified. The dam, owned by...

At least 24 al-Shabaab militants were killed in a U.S. airstrike in central Somalia on Wednesday, according to the U.S. military. The airstrike hit near Shebeeley in the central region of Hiran, said a statement by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). “At this time, it was assessed no...

More than 3,000 additional troops will be deployed to the U.S.'s southern border with Mexico, defense officials told CNN on Thursday. The additional forces will be joining the 2,300 troops already stationed there and will fulfill a request made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

A UN human rights expert expressed grave concern Thursday after the U.S. imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company. "I am especially concerned to hear reports that these sanctions are aimed at changing the government of Venezuela," Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy said in a...

French lawmakers approved a bill Thursday that restricts the use of masks to hide faces during demonstrations. Protesters wearing masks or covering faces during demonstrations will face one year of imprisonment and €15,000 ($17,200) fine, according to the bill. The French National...

The European Parliament recognized Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido in an official vote Thursday. After a debate on developments in Venezuela, MEPs voted to recognize Guaido by 439-104, with 88 abstentions. The resolution recognizes opposition leader Guaido as the...

A U.S. federal court in Washington, D.C., late yesterday found the Syrian government culpable in the 2012 killing of Marie Colvin, a correspondent for the U.K. newspaper Sunday Times, and ordered the government to pay US$302.5 million to her family, AFP reported today. According to the opinion,...

: In the former militant bastion of Hajin in eastern Syria, 50-year-old Khaled Abed shouts at the top of his lungs amid the rubble, asking why he can’t go home. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces expelled Daesh (ISIS) from the town last month, but it has since forbidden anyone from...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime military said Thursday it will demobilize conscripted and reserve officers whom age over 42, following the regime’s recapture of much of the country from rebels and the dwindling of fighting on many fronts, the state-run news agency reported. The army...

Lebanon announced a government line-up Thursday, ending an eight-month wait that had heightened fears of a major economic collapse. The new cabinet, unveiled during a press conference at the presidential palace, includes 30 ministers from Lebanon's rival political clans. The new line-up...

The EU on Thursday announced the creation of an international contact group of European and Latin American countries to help chart a peaceful end to Venezuela's political crisis within 90 days. EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said the aim of the group was to enable the holding of new...

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's claim to the presidency is "illegitimate" and part of a "Western-backed coup," said Russian’s ambassador to Turkey on Thursday. Aleksey Yerhov, speaking at a panel on Turkish-Russian relations in the capital Ankara, said that the West does not care...

Three Palestinians were injured on Thursday, including one who is now in critical condition, by the Israeli army in the southern West Bank, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses. In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said the injuries had been caused by live ammunition...

More time may be needed for Brexit legislation, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Thursday, signaling a possible extension of process on Article 50, the section of the EU treaty governing Brexit. "It is true that if we ended up approving the deal in the days before the 29 March...

At least 29 Syrian children have died in the cold weather in the past eight weeks as they tried to flee the violence in eastern Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The children and newborns mostly died of hypothermia while traveling to the Al-Hol refugee camp in...

Venezuela's self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido ruled out the possibility of civil war in his country, saying the overwhelming majority of his compatriots wanted Nicolas Maduro to step down. In an interview to Spain's El Pais newspaper published Thursday, Guaido repeated an appeal...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted the chances of success as US-China trade negotiations entered a second day, saying Beijing was eager to make a deal. In a morning series of tweets, he also said a final deal would leave "NOTHING" unresolved but such a bargain could only be struck...

The main ally of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's ruling party said Thursday it hoped the ailing incumbent would seek a fifth term in office in April polls. The National Rally for Democracy (RND) "looks forward to the announcement of the candidacy" of Bouteflika, party chief and...

The EU's powerful anti-trust sheriff on Thursday accused eight banks of having conspired for several years to distort competition in the eurozone bond market. According to the European Commission, the banks colluded to distort competition when acquiring and selling eurozone government bonds...