Syrians returning home to reach one million once safe zone created: Erdogan
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he believed the number of Syrians returning from Turkey to their homeland will reach one million once a safe...
Ethiopia pays tribute to slain military chief
Ethiopia held a memorial on Tuesday for the army chief of staff slain with four other senior officials in weekend attacks that posed the biggest...
Rwanda’s rhino population grows, tourists expected to increase
Rhino keepers who successfully delivered five endangered black rhinos to Rwanda spent months hugging and coddling them inside their transport boxes to prepare them for...
Cuba’s first ‘sex shop’ tackles taboos, fuels legalization calls
An exhibit-cum-pop-up store of handcrafted dildos in Havana is throwing new light on sexual taboos in Cuba stemming from its macho culture and decades of...
Bangladesh police kill three suspected Rohingya traffickers; rescue 15 refugees
Bangladesh police killed three people suspected of trying to smuggle 15 Rohingya Muslim refugees to Malaysia in a clash on Tuesday near the South Asian...
Egypt detains leader of 2011 uprising over alleged anti-government plot
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday detained a leader of the 2011 uprising that unseated long-time president Hosni Mubarak, accusing him and others of a plot to...
Police arrest newspaper publisher in midnight raid in Indian Kashmir
Police arrested the publisher of one of the most widely read newspapers in Indian-controlled Kashmir in a midnight raid over a decades-old case, the police...
Dutch lawmaker Wilders appeals discrimination conviction
Lawyers for Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders appealing his 2016 conviction for inciting discrimination called on Tuesday for a delay in court proceedings to allow...
UK’s Johnson warns EU against any ‘Napoleonic’ tariffs in no-deal Brexit
Boris Johnson, the favorite to become British prime minister, said he was prepared to lead Britain out of the European Union without a deal on...
At U.N. rights forum, Xinjiang vice-governor defends centers for Uighurs
The vice-governor of China’s Xinjiang region responded to international criticism of state-run detention camps on Tuesday by saying they were vocational centers which had helped...