Aida Shyef Al-Kadi, of St. Louis Park, speaks during a press conference at CAIR-MN headquarters in Minneapolis on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Al-Kadi reached a settlement with Ramsey County for $120,000 after claiming religious discrimination after being forced to remove her hijab for a booking photo and go without a hijab for a time while

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and former rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed to form a transitional unity government even if they fail to resolve all their differences before a new deadline, the two leaders said on Tuesday. Kiir and Machar signed a peace deal last year under pressure from the United Nations, United States

A protester passes by flares during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Workers at the Eiffel Tower, teachers, doctors, lawyers and people from across the French workforce walked off the job Tuesday to resist a higher retirement age, or to preserve a welfare system they fear their business-friendly president wants to

Photo/Reuters Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court sentenced on Tuesday former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, a senior government official said. “Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty of Article 6 for violation of the constitution of Pakistan,” government law officer Salman Nadeem said. Musharraf has been on trial

Photo/Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday said he needed to speak with his Turkish counterpart to understand how serious Ankara about shutting down two strategic air bases. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned Sunday that Turkey could could close Incirlik and Kurecik air bases in response to threats of U.S. sanctions and a separate

This file photo taken on May 05, 2015 shows Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, M. bin Rashid al-Maktoum, upon his arrival for a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh. (AFP Photo) The United Arab Emirates is lobbying the U.S. Congress to impose sanctions on Turkey, Anadolu Agency

Credit: Daily Nation Idris Opwora Wesonga and Joseph Juma Odhiambo at a Mandera court on December 10, 2019. Idris Wesonga left his rented house in Mumias town on November 11, 2019 in search for a job that would see him get paid in US dollars. Wesonga and his friend Joseph Juma Odhiambo hit the road

Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos takes the witness stand at the anti-corruption court Sandiganbayan in Quezon City, Metro Manila, in Philippines November 16, 2018. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez A Philippine court threw out a high-profile, 32-year-old forfeiture case on Monday involving the family of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, citing insufficient evidence to order the return of

A strong earthquake struck near the Philippine city of Davao on Sunday, killing a child, damaging buildings and causing several injuries, officials said, the latest in a series of tremors to strike the southern part of the country in recent months. The magnitude 6.8 quake was centered 61 km (38 miles) southwest of Davao on

The Israeli research ship was escorted out of waters off of Cyprus [File: AFP] Israeli ship had no choice but to depart even though Turkey does not have any jurisdiction over the area. The Turkish navy intercepted an Israeli ship in Cypriot waters and escorted it away as tension over natural resource exploration continues to