Belgian investigators want to talk to their Russian counterparts about the death of a steel executive in Moscow and to interview his driver, who reportedly saw...
Russia has resumed coal supplies through the North Korean port of Rajin, Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, citing a Russian official in the Far East. Rajin...
More crimes against humanity were committed in Burundi in 2017 and 2018, whipped up by rhetoric from top officials including President Pierre Nkurunziza, a U.N. human...
The leader of the European Parliament’s biggest party grouping, Germany’s Manfred Weber, says he wants to become the next head of the EU’s executive. The European...
A Lebanese man died overnight at around midnight, after suffering a 50-meter fall onto Raouche’s rocks, a statement from Beirut’s municipality reported Wednesday. The Civil Defense’s...
At least five protestors have been killed and 16 injured on a second day of clashes with security forces in Iraq’s city of Basra, officials say....
Japan has been hit by its strongest typhoon in 25 years, causing at least six deaths and 160 injuries. Typhoon Jebi made landfall in western areas,...
Israeli warplanes fired rockets in Syria’s Hama countryside, security sources told The Daily Star Tuesday. The sources said that the rockets had flown over Lebanese airspace....
French President Emmanuel Macron picked a political ally and a former swimming world champion to plug two holes in his government left by the unexpected resignations...
Pakistani lawmakers elected a nominee from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party to the ceremonial office of president Tuesday, further cementing its hold on power. Arif Alvi...
Saudi Arabia will punish online satire that “disrupts public order” with up to five years in prison, the public prosecutor said Tuesday, as the kingdom cracks...