US-backed fighters have said they are keeping a corridor open to rescue remaining civilians from the last sliver of territory held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) in Syria, as the UN

KHARTOUM: Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir appointed a first vice president and a new prime minister on Saturday, a day after declaring a state of emergency to counter the most sustained protests since he came to

DUBAI: Iran said on Saturday it had many options to neutralize the reimposition of US sanctions on its oil exports, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, adding that Tehran’s clerical rulers had no plans

DUBAI: Iran said on Saturday it had many options to neutralize the reimposition of US sanctions on its oil exports, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, adding that Tehran’s clerical rulers had no plans

A leading German cardinal has told a key Vatican summit on tackling paedophilia in the clergy that Roman Catholic Church files on priests who sexually abused children were destroyed or never even drawn up.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has appointed a new first vice president and prime minister, a day after declaring a year-long state of emergency to counter protests calling for his removal from office. Bashir replaced long-time

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,

Dakar, Senegal - Millions of Senegalese citizens are preparing to head to polling stations across the West African country on Sunday to elect a new president. More than 6.5 million people have registered to

Guwahati, India - Over a 100 people have died after consuming spurious liquor in northeastern India's Assam state in the last 48 hours, authorities said. The victims, mostly tea plantation workers in Golaghat and Jorhat districts

A Swedish schoolgirl has taken her environmental fight to France. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg is spearheading student strikes against inaction on global warming. She joined hundreds of others at a protest in Paris. It was