GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Over the weekend, Gaza’s Hamas rulers marked a year of bloody, weekly protests that have failed to break the Israeli blockade. Rocket attacks brought a wave of Israeli airstrikes and

At least 27 firefighters have died after they were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains in southwest China's Sichuan province at the weekend, authorities said on Monday. The deaths occurred after a

Facebook has removed more than 1,100 pages, groups and accounts from India and Pakistan because of "coordinated inauthentic behaviour or spam" on the social media platform.   Facebook announced on Monday it had taken down

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) candidate is leading in the mayoral race in Istanbul, the country's largest city and economic centre, over the nominee of the ruling Justice and Development Party

What is the point of Arab summitry? What is the point of the Arab League as a whole? Is it an anachronism? A misnomer? These are some of the questions Arabs and non-Arabs ponder

Researchers in the United States have genetically modified mosquitoes to make humans less attractive to them - a discovery that could dramatically reduce the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue, malaria and Zika

Kibibi, Uganda - In the early months of her pregnancy, Sandra Naigaga had to walk more than four kilometres to get to antenatal care at the health centre in Kibibi, Uganda. Uganda has high maternal

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) candidate is leading in the mayoral race in Istanbul, the country's largest city and economic centre, over the nominee of the ruling Justice and Development (AK)

Political and economic turmoil has forced more than three million Venezuelans to look for a better life abroad. A million of them moved to neighbouring Colombia, and for some it has been their final

Japan declared the name of its new imperial era when Crown Prince Naruhito becomes emperor on May 1, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying it emphasized traditional values at a turning point in the