CAIRO: Egypt on Sunday will host heads of state, government officials and representatives from EU and Arab League member countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Bahrain’s King Hamad. Refugees

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticized his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi after the recent execution of nine people in Egypt, saying he refused to talk to “someone like him.”“They killed nine

Cucuta, Colombia - Violent clashes broke out in Venezuelan border towns on Saturday that left at least two people dead, as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocked humanitarian convoys from entering the country. Troops loyal to

Venezuela's National Guard fired tear gas on protesters clearing a barricaded border bridge between Venezuela and Colombia on Saturday, heightening tensions over blocked humanitarian aid that opposition leader Juan Guaido has vowed to bring

Residents of Japan's Okinawa are voting in a closely watched referendum on the relocation of a US military base to a remote part of the island. Polls opened early on Sunday morning, with about

Pakistan has warned India that it will respond to any attack and has put its troops on alert, as relations deteriorate between the two countries over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. Just 500

Dakar, Senegal - Polls have opened in Senegal's presidential election, the first since a 2016 referendum approved a cut in presidential mandates from seven to five years. At least 6.5 million Senegalese registered to take

On August 31, 2018, Northern Irish journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey awoke to loud knocks at the doors of their Belfast homes. "My street outside my home was filled with police," McCaffrey told

Abuja, Nigeria - Polls have closed in Nigeria's closely contested presidential and legislative elections which were delayed by a week due to logistical problems. There was a huge voter turnout in the capital city,

OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria: They were living in holes in the ground, with only dry flatbread to eat at the end. Those injured in an intense military campaign had no access to medical care, and