A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the imprisonment of a Spanish rap artist once more devolved into clashes between police and the members of fringe groups who set up street barricades and smashed storefront windows Saturday night in downtown Barcelona. Small groups made up...

 A Russian man has been charged in California with attempting to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization, authorities said Friday. Murat Kurashev, 34, of Sacramento was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury. He is in custody and could face up to 20 years in federal...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — As Naomi Osaka strode through the Champion's Walk leading to the court for the Australian Open final — headphones on her ears, racket bag strapped to her back — she reached out her left hand to tap a panel marked with her name and the year of her previous title...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three sticky bomb attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least five people and wounded two others, a police official said, amid a surge in violence in the war-torn country. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said two explosions caused by...

Israeli media report the Syrian prisoner exchange negotiated by Russia, which included the repatriation of an Israeli woman who crossed the Golan frontier into Syria, in return for two Syrian shepherds who strayed into Israeli-held territory, involved another unprecedented Israeli “concession”....

UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi was to open talks Saturday in Iran on the eve of Tehran's deadline for US sanctions to be lifted, as President Joe Biden called for "careful diplomacy". The deadline, set by Iranian lawmakers, carries the threat of a suspension of some nuclear...

Yemen's Saudi-backed government accused Huthi rebels Saturday of using civilians as human shields in their renewed offensive against its last major toehold in the north. Earlier this month, the Iran-backed rebels resumed a push to capture the city of Marib, 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of...

Somali government troops and opposition supporters - including some soldiers - exchanged gunfire in Mogadishu on Friday in street clashes that broke out during a protest march over delayed elections. Demonstrators said they had been attacked first by the government forces. Residents...

Algeria Friday released a dozen "Hirak" protest movement activists from jail, the first batch freed under presidential pardons issued ahead of the second anniversary of a popular uprising. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in a long-awaited speech to the nation late Thursday, declared dozens...

Five Daesh/ISIS militants were killed in an Iraqi security operation north of Baghdad, according to a local security officer on Saturday. Police Captain Ahmed Khalaf told Anadolu Agency that a joint force from the Iraqi army and the Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) Force shot dead...

At least five people were killed in the Afghan capital Kabul in back-to-back blasts caused by sticky bombs during morning rush hour, an official confirmed Saturday. Two private cars and a police patrol vehicle were targeted in the morning blasts, Kabul police spokesman Firdaus Faramarz told...

Habitats of the Northern Bald Ibis has doubled in expansion in southern Turkey with the aim of increasing the population of the critically endangered birds.  Known as "symbol of fertility," the Northern Bald Ibis, whose population is found mainly in Turkey and Morocco and a small area...

 Iran believes U.S. sanctions will soon be lifted despite continuing “diplomatic wrangling” over reviving the nuclear deal, a government spokesman said on Saturday, signalling Tehran’s desire to end the impasse while not offering a new position. Iran and the United States have been at...

The United States plans to take no additional actions in response to pressure from Iran before talks with Tehran and major powers about returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the White House said on Friday. Tehran and Washington have been at odds over who should make the first step to...

Jordanian troops clashed with drug smugglers on the border with Syria on Friday, killing two people and seizing a shipment of hashish and amphetamines, the military said. The military said it thwarted two attempts to “infiltrate a group of people and smuggle quantities of drugs” into...

Fierce clashes reported on Friday between Turkish-backed National Army and Kurdish forces in northeastern Hasakah province, following  a series of attacks and car bombs by US-backed Kurdish fighters on opposition areas, local activists said.   The clashes have...

The PKK terrorist group’s Syrian branch, the YPG, detained 61 teachers who refused to follow the curriculum imposed by the terrorists or rejected forceful recruitment in regions occupied by the group in northern Syria. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), which documents human...

Authorities imposed a lockdown in Iraq on Thursday amid increased precautionary measures to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. Iraq took drastic measures to stem the spread of a new wave of COVID-19, including a 8pm- 5am curfew to be in place Mondays to Thursdays. A full...

Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu's office announced early Friday that it had completed a Russian-mediated prisoner swap to bring home a young Israeli woman who crossed the border into Syria. In a statement, Netanyahu's office said the woman was on her way home, hours after...

 Joe Biden will make his first big appearance on the global stage as president on Friday, offering Group of Seven allies and other foreign leaders a glimpse into his plans to dramatically reshape U.S. foreign policy even as he deals with a number of international crises that are coming...