For years, Ibrahim al-Dabba has been saving up money to make the umrah pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia, which for many Palestinians is the only way to leave the impoverished and isolated Gaza Strip.
Sen. Bernie Sanders' ascendancy as Democrats' leading presidential hopeful fueled growing unease as lawmakers openly expressed anxiety that the self-proclaimed democratic socialist could cost them House control and questions abounded over what party leaders should do.
The Legion of Christ religious order is promising accountability and transparency following damaging new revelations of sex abuse and cover-up that have undermined its credibility a decade after its pedophile founder disgraced the order.
As deadly clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups rocked parts of the Indian capital Delhi this week, the family of a young Hindu woman living in a Muslim-majority area was forced to cancel her wedding.
Clashes broke out on two Greek islands early Tuesday between police and residents protesting the construction of migrant detention centers as the government...
A car that rammed into a carnival procession in central Germany Monday injured 52 people, including 18 children, police said, adding that the perpetrator's...
European Union governments are set to adopt a negotiating mandate for their executive European Commission on Tuesday to clinch a deal with Britain this year...
Italy may need to call on the European Union to offer leeway on its budget targets as it struggles with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on an economy...
Lebanon to ask for seven-day grace period for March 9 Eurobond: govt source
The government does not intend to ask for a seven-day grace period for the $1.2 billion Eurobond that matures on March 9, a source at the Grand Serail told...
Iran has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country and cancelled Friday prayers in Tehran and other cities due to acute coronavirus concerns.
President Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday three more Turkish soldiers had been killed in Syria's Idlib region, where Turkey's military is backing Syrian rebels...
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault against two women and led off to prison in handcuffs Monday in what his...
Bernie Sanders' ascendance in the Democratic presidential primary has brought louder calls for some of his rivals to drop out of the race.
South Korean health authorities said Tuesday they aim to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the centre of a surge of new coronavirus cases that has...
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to step up a sanctions campaign on Venezuela's oil sector and will be more aggressive in punishing people and...
A French-Rwandan former hotel driver is to go on trial in Paris from September for crimes linked to the Rwandan genocide, a judicial source told AFP Monday.
Libya's rival camps announced Monday they had suspended their participation in UN-sponsored peace talks this week in Geneva.
The new virus took aim at a broadening swath of the globe Monday, with officials in Europe and the Middle East scrambling to limit the spread of an outbreak...
NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday at his sexual assault trial, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to...
A car slammed into a crowd at a Carnival procession in a German town Monday, injuring several people, police said. The driver was arrested, but a cause for...
The World Health Organization chief Monday warned countries to prepare for a "potential pandemic" of new coronavirus, calling the sudden increase in cases in...
Burglars stole dozens of bottles of vintage wine worth some 200,000 euros from a Michelin-starred restaurant in Copenhagen overnight, the owners said Monday.
Donald Trump was cheered by more than 100,000 Indians at the opening of the world's largest cricket stadium on Monday, promising "an incredible trade deal"...
By the fall of 2018, when Democrats were promoting a slate of centrist candidates to topple Republicans in Congress, Bernie Sanders was seeing a very...
Supporters of Julian Assange gathered Monday outside a high-security London courthouse, where a judge is set to begin hearing a U.
Italy scrambled Sunday to check the spread of Europe's first major outbreak of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections and a third...
Non-residents of Wuhan may leave the quarantined city at the epicenter of China's virus epidemic if they show no symptoms and have never had contact with...
Austria has denied entry to a train coming from Italy on suspicion that two travelers might be infected with the coronavirus, tabloid Oe24 said on Sunday,...
Around 10,000 protesters marched through the central German town of Hanau Sunday to mourn the nine people who were killed by an immigrant-hating gunman four...
A "bomb attack" on a rally in support of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed injured nearly 30 people Sunday, a police official said, the latest sign of...
Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a growing source of anxiety for establishment Democrats...
A Californian man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the...