More than 290,000 people have signed a petition in support of a Paris bus driver facing disciplinary action after he was filmed slapping a teenager. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) { [...]

Macedonia is set to vote on a name change. The process is turning out to be surprisingly fraught—even drawing Russian interference.Load...[...]

UN statistics show the total cocaine production area rose to its highest recorded level in 2017.The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said the acreage under coca cultivation rose to 171,000 hectares in 2017, a 17% increase from...[...]

The number of deaths and attacks attributed to terrorism significantly decreased in 2017 according to a new report by the State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"],...[...]

Countries that prevent refugees from working waste tens of millions of dollars and endanger the futures of these displaced populations for years, according to a new study.Countries that ban refugees from working eventually spend much more money than [...]

George W. Bush's decision to invade Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath of 9/11 was the “worst single mistake” in U.S. history, Donald Trump claimed.Trump bashed Bush’s still-controversial decision to send troops to Iraq and Afghanistan in the [...]

President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday blamed Israel for the downing of a Russian plane, which was accidentally hit by Syrian anti-aircraft fire while seeking to intercept Israeli missile fire. "This unfortunate incident was the result of Israeli...[...]

Ismail al-Ithawi was the highest-ranking member of the Islamic State to stand trial in Iraq.Ismail al-Ithawi was part of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s inner circle and was responsible for religious edicts, finances and designing the educational curriculum...[...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly tried to reinforce President Trump's perception that a bureaucratic "deep state" was working to undermine him. Putin voiced those sentiments in phone conversations with the president, according to an...[...]

A 38-year-old French priest in a northern French town committed suicide in his church after being accused of molesting a young woman, local prosecutors and police sources told AFP on Wednesday. Jean-Baptiste Sebe killed himself Tuesday in the...[...]

The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Israel's offer to share detailed information about its air raid, during which a Russian reconnaissance plane was accidentally downed by Syrian air defenses.Syrian forces mistook [...]

“I even sat down in a chair of a true sultan … We hugged like 100 times,” the Venezuelan strongman recalled his visit to Salt Bae's restaurant in Istanbul.Maduro recalled his visit to Salt Bae’s restaurant and the chef’s patronage. “I sent my...[...]

At least 27 people drowned and others were presumed dead after a riverboat capsized on a tributary of the Congo River in northern DR Congo, a local official said Wednesday. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function...[...]

Hundreds of asylum-seekers stranded on Greece's Lesbos island are living in makeshift tents in a field overrun by garbage, without electricity or running water. Moria, Greece's biggest migrant camp in a former military base on the island, is...[...]

The Indian government Wednesday issued an executive order making the Islamic practice of "instant divorce" a criminal offence punishable by up to three years in prison. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) [...]