Donald Trump's eldest son has caused uproar on social media by comparing Syrian refugees to the fruit-flavoured sweets Skittles, reports BBC. Trying to suggest the US should not accept any refugees, Donald Trump Jr posted an image that asked: "If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just…

Greek authorities arrested nine migrants and sent in riot police after clashes and a massive blaze at a camp for asylum seekers on the island of Lesbos, police said Tuesday, reports BBC. Some 5,000 migrants were forced to flee Monday when dozens of tents and shelters at the Moria camp were torched in…

North Korea has successfully tested a new, high-powered rocket engine, state media said Tuesday, a move Seoul said was designed to showcase its progress towards being able to target the US east coast, reports AFP. The ground test comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang detonated what it said was a…

Dahir Ahmed Adan, the Somali American named as the perpetrator of the weekend stabbing rampage in Minnesota, was a high-achieving student with no known history of violence, reports AFP. Adan -- who police said was 20 years old, but community members said was 22 -- was shot and killed by an off-duty…

The headquarters of three opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been torched in the capital and two charred bodies have been found…