International

Reuters, Ankara :A Turkish court ruled on Friday that two journalists should be released for the duration of their trial for subversion, a lawyer at...

AFP, Douma :The Syrian army continued its offensive against rebel-held Eastern Ghouta Saturday, a day after an aid convoy delivered food to the hunger-stricken residents...

AP, Moscow :With nuclear tensions at a high between Russia and the West, Vladimir Putin has said that he is willing to destroy the world...

Reuters, Seoul/Washington :World leaders welcomed prospects for a possible thaw in the long standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program on Friday after U.S. President...

AFP, Istanbul : An Istanbul court on Thursday sentenced 25 journalists to prison terms of up to seven and a half years over links to the...

Reuters, Beijing :During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first years in office, rights activists tried to remain buoyant despite shrinking opportunities to organize.They staged small-scale protests,...

AFP, Geneva :The UN human rights chief said Friday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has launched profanity-laced diatribes against United Nations rapporteurs, needs “psychiatric...

AP, Lahore, Pakistan :One of the most frightening things about Pakistan’s blasphemy law is that the simplest act can spiral into charges that can bring...

Reuters, Addis Ababa :U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that African countries should be careful not to forfeit their sovereignty when they...

AP, Tel Aviv :Israel’s founding fathers, who etched a commitment to encouraging Jewish immigration into the declaration of independence, might be surprised to find that,...