An explosion killed at least eight worshippers at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area of Syria's Homs on Friday, state ...

More than 1,100 people fleeing insecurity in Mali have crossed into Mauritania this week, the UN refugee agency reported ...

Christmas under Donald Trump brought air strikes abroad and political threats at home, as the US president used the holiday ...

Nigeria on Friday signalled more strikes against jihadist groups were expected after a Christmas Day bombardment by US forces ...

An elusive wild cat long feared extinct in Thailand has been rediscovered three decades after the last recorded sighting, ...

The Japanese government approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Friday, to pay for everything from bigger ...

The Green Bay Packers advanced to the NFL playoffs on Thursday without stepping onto the field, clinching a post-season berth ...

Russia has made an offer to France regarding a jailed researcher facing espionage charges that could see him sentenced to 20 ...

Nigeria police said Thursday that they suspected a suicide bomber was behind the blast that killed several worshippers in a ...

Moscow has made an offer to Paris regarding jailed French researcher Laurent Vinatier, who is facing espionage charges that ...

Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh on Thursday, ending 17 years in ...

Somalians turned out in droves on Thursday to vote in local elections in the capital Mogadishu -- the first by universal ...