North Korea has begun a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea, one month after a similar exercise triggered the...
Minya, Egypt – Five months ago, 30-year-old Abu Bakr Ismail, a pharmacist and father of two, was arrested and taken to jail....
Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been sworn in as Algeria’s President for a fourth term, as opposition parties boycotted the swearing-in ceremony. Sitting in...
An Egyptian court has banned the activities of the April 6 youth movement, which played a key role in mobilising support for...
Manila – US President Barack Obama has arrived in the Philippines in a visit widely seen as a part of Washington’s “pivot...
Tornadoes have ripped through south-central areas of the United States, killing at least 14 people in Arkansas and Oklahoma, officials have said....
Divers have pulled 48 bodies from a single room of the sunken South Korean ferry, search officials have said. They said on...
US President Barack Obama and top European leaders are moving ahead on a new round of sanctions against Russia, US officials have...
A review board has recommended that the United States frees a Yemeni man who has been held at the US Navy base...
China has released a Japanese cargo ship after its owners paid $28m to settle a pre-war debt, a court has said. The...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has demanded the Security Council respond to “flagrant violations of international law”, claiming warring parties in Syria...
At least three foreigners have been killed by a security guard at an international hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Afghan security...
Islamabad, Pakistan – At least 10 people have been reported killed and 15 injured in Pakistan air raids against what the military...
British police will ask Muslim women to help persuade young people not to fight in Syria, in a new campaign to halt...
Amnesty International, the UK-based human-rights group, has accused Qatar for failing to protect migrant domestic workers, saying they are exposed to a...
The US is to deliver 10 Apache attack helicopters to Egypt, relaxing a suspension of aid imposed after the military removed Mohamed...
Violence broke out in a Rio de Janeiro slum after its residents lit fires and threw homemade explosives to protest the earlier...
The US has urged North Korea not to threaten regional peace by conducting new nuclear tests, saying it is monitoring the Korean...
Proposed measures include a dedicated hotline and stripping people of French nationality as deterrence and punishment. France has unveiled steps to stop...
Vice president, Joe Biden, says Ukraine has Washington’s full support during highest-level visit since crisis began. Joe Biden has told Ukraine’s new...
State Department confirms indications of use of toxic industrial chemical in Kfar Zeita town in Hama province. The US has indications that...
Three leading members of al-Qaeda among 55 killed in “unprecedented” joint operation conducted with US drones. Yemen’s interior ministry says 55 members...
At least eight killed in two attacks targeting police in northwest, just days after Taliban refused to extend ceasefire. Eight people, including...
Fresh casualty comes day after a legislator was killed and another injured in a car bombing claimed by al-Shabab. Armed men have...