Burma's former pro-democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi has denied that her country's armed forces committed genocide against the Rohingya minority, telling the UN's top court that the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Muslims was the result of a battle with insurgents.
Lawmakers in Israel on Wednesday fast-tracked a bill to dissolve the parliament, Knesset and set new elections for March 2. Amid an unprecedented political deadlock, the Knesset has until midnight to vote one of its members as PM or call new elections, the third national vote within 11 months. The parliament's Arrangements Committee approved a...
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected accusations of genocide committed against her country's Muslim Rohingya minority as "incomplete and misleading", and said the case should not be heard by the U.N.'s highest court.
Experts believe they have discovered the earliest family photograph taken at Stonehenge.
Shares of the Saudi state-owned oil company hit their daily limit on Wednesday, surging above their initial public offering (IPO) price to make Aramco the largest listed company in the world. Aramco stock leapt to 35.2 Saudi riyals ($9.38) per share on the Riyadh stock exchange, up from the IPO price of 32 riyals. Such...
The owner of Zara has seen profits surge as the fashion retailer shrugged off the demise of the UK high street.
Russia, Turkey and Iran are concerned about the increased presence of terrorist groups in Syria's Idlib province, the three states said in a joint statement after talks in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. They also pledged to coordinate actions aimed at eliminating the militants. The trio said they opposed separatism in Syria under the pretence of self-governance...
