Turkish authorities Tuesday detained senior members of a medical association who have spoken out against Ankara’s military offensive in a Syrian Kurdish enclave, the country’s state-run...
Turkish air strikes have seriously damaged an ancient temple in Syria’s Kurdish-held Afrin region, the Syrian government and a monitoring group say. Pictures circulated online showed...
The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes. German media say the health impact...
Militants have killed at least 11 soldiers in an attack on an army post in Kabul, the fourth major assault in a surge of violence in...
The swollen River Seine in the French capital, Paris, has peaked at about four metres above its normal water level for the time of year. The...
Prosecutors in Cambodia have charged 10 foreigners, including five Britons, with producing pornographic images after raiding a villa in Siem Reap. They were arrested on Thursday...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized a proposed bill that would make it illegal to describe Nazi death camps as Polish. “I strongly oppose it....
More than 100 people are now known to have been killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday in Kabul. Attackers drove an ambulance past a police...
The Swedish founder of the Ikea furniture chain, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91, the company has announced. Mr Kamprad died at his...
Czech President Milos Zeman has won a second term in office following a tight run-off vote against rival Jiri Drahos. Mr Zeman, who fiercely opposes immigration...
One of the world’s richest men, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has been released two months after being detained in Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption purge. He was freed...