Outrage over Charlie Hebdo’s Turkey-Syria earthquake cartoon

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sparked outrage on social media after it published a cartoon appearing to make light of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria.

Five million of our brothers: It is Turks who will shape Europe's future

Europe's future depends on the Turks who live there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a large public rally on Thursday.

Ancient Greek artifact unearthed at Crimean bridge construction site

A part of a unique terracotta statue has been found at the Crimean bridge construction site during underwater diggings near the Ak-Burun Cape, Sergei Olkhovsky, head of the underwater unit of Russia’s Academy of Sciences, said on Wednesday.

China-Europe Civilization Dialogue: Chinese, Greek leaders vow to deepen cooperation

Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Liu Yunshan met with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Athens on Tuesday, agreeing to deepen cooperation between the two countries at various levels and respect each other's core interests.

DNA Study Finds Aboriginal Australians are Oldest Civilization in the World

Australia has one of the longest histories of continuous human occupation outside Africa. But who exactly were the first people to settle there? Such a question has obvious political implications and has been hotly debated for decades.

Aborigines built ‘houses’ 9,000 years ago

Circular stone foundations discovered on an island in Western Australia suggest that Aborigines were building "houses" up to 9,000 years ago, a researcher said Friday.

There is no neutrality

There is no neutrality when it is about crime against Humanity. Because in this case you are with the perpetrator. The action of the terrorist organization Daesh is genocide and nothing else.

China "dissatisfied" with U.S. report on terrorism

China is dissatisfied with the false accounts relating to China in a U.S. State Department report on terrorism, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Friday.

21 refugees in Slovakia return to Iraq. The reason for their return wasn't unhappiness with their treatment in Slovakia, but homesickness.

A total of 21 of the 149 Assyrian Christian refugees who came to Slovakia in December have decided to return to Iraq, confirmed the Slovak Interior Ministry on Tuesday.

Over 100,000 Tibetan antiques digitally documented

Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has finished making digital records of over 100,000 antiques, local authorities said Monday.

Human Tragedy in GREECE- FYROM borders: Greek governor urges state of emergency

A regional governor has called on the Greek government to declare a state of emergency for the area surrounding the Idomeni border crossing where thousands of refugees are stranded due to border restrictions along the route towards Western Europe.

Germany migrant shelter fire 'cheered by onlookers'

A fire which broke out at a building planned to house migrants in eastern Germany was greeted with cheers from some onlookers, police say.

‘Solar boat’ found under Egyptian tomb

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a boat intended to carry the soul of its owner to the stars buried under the ruins of a 4500-year-old Egyptian tomb.

World preps for 2016 festivities amid threats

As the world prepares to bid farewell to a tumultuous 2015, security forces have been making their own plans to thwart potential militant attacks taking place on the night.

Russia’s foreign ministry advises Russians not leave resort areas in Indonesia

Russia’s Foreign Ministry advised on Saturday the Russians who are on holiday in Indonesia not to leave resort areas in that country, citing information on possible terror threats.

Leader of France's far-right party risks jail over beheading pictures on Twitter

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right party National Front (FN), could be jailed for three years over pictures of a beheaded Islamic State (IS) hostage she posted on her Twitter account, according to local media reports.

Why are children fighting in conflicts? (video Al Jazeera)

The people of South Sudan have not had it easy since they won independence four years ago.

Les iconoclastes du XXIème siècle

Même s’il est difficile de faire des comparaisons intertemporelles, il est compréhensible qu’il existe des similitudes voire même des analogies entre les iconoclastes qui tentèrent de s’emparer de l’Empire Byzantin et l’organisation terroriste Daesh qui tente d’écraser les quatre grandes écoles de la tradition musulmane. 

Saudi Arabia plans mass beheadings, will west protest?

Saudi authorities appear set in the next few days to carry out a series of beheadings across the country of more than 50 men convicted of terrorism offences. Among those facing execution are three young men who were juveniles when they were arrested.

'Sangriento' hallazgo en Guatemala revela un escalofriante ritual de los mayas

Puntas de flecha con sangre humana encontradas en Guatemala han revelado los sangrientos rituales que los mayas realizaban hace 500 años para transmitir "fuerza vital" a sus dioses.