The United Nations human rights chief is urging Israel to repeal its new "deeply discriminatory" death penalty law, warning that using it to execute Palestinian residents of the West Bank would amount to a war crime.

An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said Tuesday. The journalist, identified as Shelly Kittleson by outlets for which she has written, has reported extensively from the Middle East as a freelance contributor to Al-Monitor,

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh's overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed starting on Wednesday, raising alarm throughout the increasingly desperate community.

Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war. President Donald Trump and other heads of state have been pulling on various

At least 19 people, including one baby, died on Wednesday after a fast-moving inflatable vessel carrying irregular migrants capsized off the Turkish coast, NTV reported.

The Soviet-designed military transport turboprop aircraft crashed into a cliff, sources at the scene told state news agencies.

A Scottish crime boss is being sent to Spain after Indonesian authorities arrested him in Bali over major drug and money laundering claims.

Residents of an area near a military camp in Burundi fled on Tuesday night after explosions were heard coming from the camp, due to what the army spokesperson later said was a fire caused by an electr