An American preacher who was taken hostage by armed men while preaching a sermon in a South African township last week has been rescued in a fierce gun battle with his kidnappers, police said Wednesday. Josh Sullivan, 45, was kidnapped last Thursday during an evening service in Motherwell, a township…
The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering its territory, the president’s office said on Wednesday, accusing Israel…
Putting prisoners of war in front of reporters and news cameras is almost certainly a violation of international humanitarian…
Nora Aunor, who became one of the biggest stars of Philippine cinema during a career that spanned seven decades,…
Several French prisons were attacked overnight in response to government efforts to clamp down on drug trafficking, senior officials…
Peru’s former First Lady Nadine Heredia requested asylum at the Brazilian Embassy in Lima on Tuesday, the same day…
An Israeli fighter jet dropped a bomb near an Israeli community on the Gaza border on Tuesday night as…
France said Tuesday it was expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the…
Four journalists linked to the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were sentenced to spend five years and six…