US top asylum-seekers’ destination in OECD in 2017The United States -- facing massive controversy over immigration -- received more asylum requests than any other developed nation in 2017, overtaking Germany, the OECD said in a report published Wedne...
Pope criticises Trump administration policy on migrant family separationPope Francis has criticised the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems. Speaking to R...
Russia warns against Trump’s ‘alarming’ plans for US space dominationRussia on Wednesday expressed alarm over US President Donald Trump's call for the United States to dominate space exploration and his plan to create a separate branch of the military called a Space Fo...
30 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attacks: officialsTaliban fighters killed around 30 Afghan security forces in multiple attacks in western Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, in the deadliest clashes since the militant group ended its ceasefire. Mi...
Yemen pro-govt forces seize Hodeida airport from rebelsEmirati-backed Yemeni government forces seized Hodeida airport from Huthi rebels on Wednesday, the coalition said, in a major step towards retaking the key Red Sea port city. "The airport was complete...
Trump urges Republicans to fix family separation crisisUS President Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers Tuesday he backed their efforts to craft an immigration solution that ends the politically toxic practice of separating families on the US-Mexico bo...
Cambodian opposition figure faces royal insult chargeCambodia's former opposition leader faces royal insult charges punishable by a jail term, according to a court summons, the first prominent figure to be accused under the new law. The adoption of the...
Young Turk voters show deep divisions of Erdogan eraEighteen-year-old student Sena Su Baysal, a first-time voter in Turkey's election on Sunday, can't remember life before President Tayyip Erdogan took power but she wishes she had grown up in those ear...
Turks abroad vote at record level in electionsThe number of Turks voting abroad in this month's presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey rose to a record level of 1.49 million, the head of the High Election Board, Sadi Guven, said on We...
Immigration: a deeply divisive topic in EuropeThe arrival of massive numbers of migrants in Europe over the past few years has stirred fierce debate in many EU member states, and a number of governments have started to take a much tougher line as...
East Timor to swear in former independence fighter as prime ministerFormer East Timor president and independence fighter Jose Maria de Vasconcelos will be sworn in as prime minister on Friday, ending months of political deadlock in the tiny Southeast Asian nation. "I...
Number missing in Indonesia ferry disaster jumps to nearly 180: policeNearly 180 passengers are missing after a ferry sank into the depths of a volcanic lake in Indonesia, police said Wednesday, almost tripling initial estimates -- but the search-and-rescue agency cauti...
In rebel Syria, a race to save precious property deedsThe external hard drive had been smuggled from Syrian regime territory through jihadist-held towns and into Turkey. When Ghazwan Koronful finally got his hands on it, he sighed in relief. Loaded onto...
Oil in the Faroe Islands: mirage or miracle?After fuelling hopes of independence from Denmark at the turn of the millennium, the Faroe Islands' dreams of an oil bonanza have turned out to be more of a mirage than a miracle. "We are confident th...
Eritrea responds to Ethiopia PM’s olive branchEritrean President Isaias Afwerki is dispatching a delegation to Addis Ababa for "constructive engagement" with arch-foe Ethiopia after peace overtures this month from its new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahm...
Hardline ally in new attack against Merkel over eurozone budgetChancellor Angela Merkel's conservative allies on Wednesday took aim at her backing for a new eurozone budget, German media reported, opening up another front in their attack against her. Merkel's Bav...
Saudi Arabia arrests two more women activists: HRWSaudi Arabia has arrested two more women's rights activists, in an "unrelenting crackdown" just days before the kingdom ends a decades-long ban on female motorists, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday....