Death penalty for a Japanese man accused of killing 19 disabled people
The Yokohama District Court convicted Satoshi Uematsu for for killing 19 disabled people in a knife-wielding rampage in 2016, one of post-war Japan's worst...
Over one million migrants reach Europe in 2015
More than one million migrants and refugees reached Europe this year, including over 970,000 who made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, the U.N....
Turkey car bomb attack kills two police, wounds 35
A car bomb and rocket attack by Kurdish militants in Turkey killed two police officers and wounded 35 people in the southeastern province of...
Kuwait backs alliances against ISIS, but no troops
Kuwait backs international efforts against hardline Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria although the Gulf Arab state's constitution prevents it from fighting in anything...
Amid US tension, Iranian navy friendly fire incident kills 19
President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers two years ago, launching a maximum pressure campaign against Iran that...
Saudi central bank foreign assets fall 1 pct in August
Oct 5 Net foreign assets at Saudi Arabia's central bank fell 1 percent from the previous month to 2.455 trillion riyals ($655 billion) in...
Turkey renews threat against Cyprus offshore gas exploration
Turkey's prime minister has renewed a threat against efforts to search for offshore gas around Cyprus.
Turkey opposes what it says are "unilateral" efforts to...
Oil prices unchanged as Saudi readies for OPEC
Oil prices were flat Tuesday as Saudi Arabia's oil minister was due to arrive in Vienna ahead of a key OPEC meeting on crude...
UK to investigate if Saudi Arabia breached humanitarian laws in Yemen
Britain's foreign minister said it would halt weapons exports to Saudi Arabia if investigations found Riyadh had breached international humanitarian law in the war...
FIFA vote goes to second round after no contender gets majority
The FIFA presidential election went into a second round on Friday after Gianni Infantino led the first round but did not get a two-thirds...
