Syria army enters and raises flag in Daraa, cradle of revoltSyria’s army entered rebel-held parts of Daraa city on Thursday, state media said, raising the national flag in the cradle of the uprising that sparked the country’s seven-year war. After securing Dam...
Thai cave rescue site to become a museumRescuers who pulled a young Thai football team from deep inside a flooded cave were dismantling their worksite Thursday, as plans emerged to turn the spot into a museum in tribute to the daring operat...
How a Macedonian town became a ‘fake news’ epicentreJovan got a pair of Nike sneakers and went on holiday to Greece, his reward for having helped turn the small Macedonian town of Veles into an epicentre of "fake news" during the 2016 US presidential r...
Trump, en route to London, stokes Brexit turmoilDonald Trump headed for a protest-laden trip to Britain Thursday accusing his beleaguered host of failing to deliver on voters' intentions when they decided to quit the EU. Ignoring all diplomatic nic...
FBI agent: My work has never been tainted by political biasAn FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages fueled suspicions of partisan bias will tell lawmakers Thursday that his work has never been tainted by politics and that the intense scrutiny he is facing...
Trump piles pressure on NATO over defence spendingUS President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a fresh demand for NATO allies to double their defence spending target as leaders gathered for the second day of a bruising summit. After an opening day of...
Riding migration backlash, Sweden’s political pariah looks to end isolationOnce denounced as neo-fascists, Jimmie Akesson's Sweden Democrats look poised to translate more voter-friendly nationalist policies into big electoral gains in a country long famed for liberal toleran...
US official links economic protests in Iran to sanctionsA top US official focused on sanctions against Iran on Thursday linked American financial pressure on Tehran with ongoing economic protests roiling the country, saying she hoped the strain would limit...
Taliban attacks on Afghan forces cause ‘heavy casualties’: officialsTaliban attacks on Afghan security forces in the country's north have caused "heavy casualties", officials said Thursday, putting the number of soldiers killed as high as 40 in fighting that is ongoin...
Indonesia’s traditional boat builders reach into the pastUnder the blazing tropical sun, Indonesia's traditional ship builders hammer, drill and carve timber from nearby forests into intricate two-mast vessels that have plied the archipelago's waters for ce...
Hunt for US Korean War dead will take months to resume, search chief saysNorth Korea may allow the United States to resume a search for thousands of American war dead from the 1950-53 Korean War, but it will be months before excavations can begin and years until bone fragm...
Amnesty calls for probe of torture claims at Yemen detention centresAmnesty International accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and allied Yemeni forces of torturing detainees at a network of secret prisons in southern Yemen and said such violations should be investi...
Thailand suspends salvage effort in tourist boat disaster that killed 46Thailand suspended efforts on Thursday to salvage a boat that capsized and sank off its resort island of Phuket, officials said, putting the death toll in its worst tourist-related disaster in years a...