ABUJA,  Twenty Boko Haram fighters have been killed by Nigerian forces in an ongoing operation to rout remnants of the terrorists, the Nigerian military said Wednesday.  Timothy Antigha, the army...

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq,Two Kurdish Gorran and Islamic parties withdrew Wednesday from the government of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq amid widespread anger over unpaid salaries and corruption.  "The...

Urlabari, Morang,  Locals have been compelled to stay awake whole due to menace of wild elephants at Urlabari, Millajung, Sundarharaicha and Belbari areas.  The locals are terrorized and compelled to...

  PARIS, - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe defended on Wednesday his decision to charter a private aircraft at a cost of 350,000 euros ($415,000) to bring him and...

  SINGAPORE, - A Singapore civil servant was Wednesday fined but escaped jail for leaking confidential information to a journalist, a prosecution that a rights group described as an...

SAN FRANCISCO, .  Australian Rugby League veteran Jarryd Hayne, who played the 2015 NFL season for San Francisco, was accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday, according...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka will conduct polls on Feb. 10 to elect members to the nation's 341 local authorities, an official here said on Monday.  Sri Lanka Election Commission's Chairman Mahinda...

  TEGUCIGALPA,  Honduras' Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) declared on Sunday incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez as winner of the Nov. 26 elections after defeating Salvador Nasralla from the opposition...

  LONDON, British Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting with her senior ministers to begin thrashing out Britain's plans for a trade deal with the European Union after Brexit.  ...

  MAGELANG, Indonesia, Disaster officials say eight people have been found dead after being buried in a landslide while excavating a sand pit on Indonesia's main island of Java.  ...

  MOSCOW, Campaigning officially started on Monday for Russia's presidential election in March, in which President Vladimir Putin is widely expected to win a fourth term that would keep...

UNITED NATIONS, The United Nations Security Council will hold its regular monthly briefing on the Middle East Monday, focusing on U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, sources said Sunday.  ...

  SANAA,Yemen, A Yemeni rebel spokesman has heavily criticized U.S. charges that Iran is funneling missiles to the Shiite rebels in Yemen, known as Houthis.  Muhammad Abdul Salam said late...

BERLIN,  The leaders of conservative and nationalist parties in Austria have presented their coalition deal to the country's president for approval after concluding negotiations on forming a new government that...

LIBREVILLE,The World Health Organization has declared Gabon a "polio-free country", given the lack of new reported or suspected cases in the central African country.  According to a WHO statement obtained...