For Palestinian children in Gaza, an education in conflictWhen Mazen Al-Dalo took two of his young sons to see the Palestinian protests against Israel’s decade-old blockade of Gaza, he knew it could be dangerous. Rock-throwing demonstrators were being shot b...
At scene of South Sudan mass rape, ‘no one could hear me’Wrapping an arm around her stomach, the young woman hung her head and recounted the day in early November when she and a friend were bound, dragged into the bush and raped by four men with guns. “My b...
Hunger, lice, filth: Moroccan camp shows migrant challengesAs Morocco prepares to host the signing of a landmark global migration agreement, hundreds of migrants are languishing in a Casablanca camp rife with hunger, misery, lice and filth. These sub-Saharan...
Brussels police arrest hundreds in ‘yellow vest’ riotBelgian police detained more than 400 people on Saturday after "yellow vest" protesters inspired by riots in France threw rocks and firecrackers and damaged shops and cars as they tried to reach offic...
Fifteen civilians killed in ethnic attack on Mali villageFifteen civilians from the Fulani community were killed last week when armed men from a rival ethnic group attacked their village in central Mali, a regional governor said on Saturday. Communal violen...
Body found in search for British tourist in New ZealandNew Zealand police said on Sunday that they believe they found the body of a missing 22-year-old British woman after charging a 26-year-old man with her murder. Grace Millane, who was travelling the w...
Yemen food survey finds majority in ‘dire’ crisis, famine a dangerYemen's war and the ensuing economic collapse has left 15.9 million people, 53 percent of the population, facing "severe acute food insecurity" and famine was a danger if immediate action was not take...
Surging in the polls, Italy’s Salvini stages mass Rome rallyItalian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini filled one of Rome's main squares with tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters on Saturday in a rally that underscored the growing predominance of his...
Bahrain criticises Qatar emir for not attending Gulf Arab summitBahrain's foreign minister criticized Qatar's emir on Sunday for not attending a Gulf Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, an absence that suggests a rift between Doha and three Gulf Arab states is unlikely t...
Italian police question witnesses in deadly disco stampedeItalian police are questioning more witnesses to find who sprayed an irritant, triggering a deadly stampede in an overcrowded disco in a town near the Adriatic port of Ancona. Police Col. Cristian Car...
‘At least 7 officials killed in Sudan helicopter crash’At least seven local government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Sudan's eastern al-Qadarif state on Sunday, state news agency SUNA reported. The state's governor and three security offi...
UN climate negotiators sweat over detail and dividesHalf-way through talks to breathe life into the Paris climate deal negotiators haggled over how to share the cost of curbing global warming and struggled to bridge deep political divides. The two week...
Trump calls for end to Mueller probe despite Russian campaign bid findingsUS President Donald Trump on Saturday renewed his call to end a federal probe into Russian election meddling, describing the investigation as a "witch hunt" a day after US prosecutors detailed a previ...
With new chief of staff, Trump tries again to reset White HouseNick Ayers, in talks with President Donald Trump to become his new White House chief of staff, is a 36-year-old political whiz-kid who could help with the looming re-election campaign, but critics que...
World’s top glovemaker under fire in Malaysia over migrant workers’ rightsMalaysian labor rights groups have called for an investigation into the world’s largest glovemaker, Top Glove, after cases were uncovered of migrant workers toiling for long hours and working illegal...
Trump administration departures, resignations and firingsPresident Donald Trump said on Saturday that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will leave his job at the end of the year, extending the historically high turnover in the top ranks of his administr...
New migration accord recognizes key role of citiesCities say they will gain new recognition for their role in planning for and responding to influxes of migrants when countries adopt a major migration agreement next week. Talks lasting a year and a h...
Armenians vote in election testing revolution’s power shiftArmenians began voting in an early parliamentary election asacting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan sought a stronger mandate, having been elected by lawmakers to the post in May following a peaceful re...
US wants to continue support for Saudi-led coalition in YemenThe United States wants to continue support to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's war and will remain engaged in efforts to combat Iranian influence and Islamist militancy in the Arab state, a State D...
Prominent Russian rights activist dies at the age of 91The founder of Russia's oldest human rights group, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, died in hospital in Moscow on Saturday at the age of 91, the presidential human rights council said in a statement. Alexeyeva, fo...
Thousands protest in Serbia over attack on opposition politicianThousands of people rallied peacefully in downtown Belgrade on Saturday to protest over an attack on an opposition politician and demand policy changes by President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Ser...
Belgian PM set for minority after biggest ally quits coalitionBelgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said his government would continue as a minority administration after the biggest party in his coalition quit on Saturday in a row over signing the UN migration c...
Bolivian druglord escapes custody via La Paz medical clinicA 67-year-old Bolivian man considered to have been one of the largest drug traffickers in South America in the 1980s has escaped from a private clinic in the country's capital La Paz, police said on S...
Women to get equal representation on UAE advisory councilUnited Arab Emirates federation president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has decided that women should make up half of its semi-elected advisory body when it is renewed next year, state-run WAM ne...