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The path to creating one passport for all Africans will inch one step closer this year. At the 32nd African Union summit in February, the Commission will present details on the design, production, and issuance of the long-awaited African passport, the

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Iraqi officials, including the speaker of parliament, on an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Wednesday, the parliament’s spokesman said. Pompeo is expected to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, President Barham Salih and

Dozens of Rohingya Muslims have crossed the border into Bangladesh from India in recent days, officials said Tuesday, as New Delhi faces censure for deporting the persecuted minority to Myanmar. Last week India handed a Rohingya family of five to Myanmar

Australia will “carefully consider” the asylum plea of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand over the weekend, an official said Monday. “The Australian Government is pleased that Ms Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun is having her claim for protection assessed (by

A Saudi woman who says she is fleeing abuse by her family and wants asylum in Australia barricaded herself in an airport hotel in the Thai capital on Monday and was sending out desperate pleas for help over social media. Rahaf

At least 27 Afghans, including civilians and security forces, have been killed in two provinces, officials said on Monday. Six civilians were killed and six others injured after a bomb they were carrying blew up in south-eastern Paktika province, the head

Pope Francis urged European leaders on Sunday to stop bickering over the fate of 49 migrants stuck aboard two humanitarian rescue ships on the Mediterranean and let them land at a safe port of call. With his comments in an address

Turkey’s Orthodox community on Sunday marked the baptism of Jesus Christ with a special mass held at Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate followed by men diving into Istanbul’s cold waters to retrieve a cross thrown by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. After