JEDDAH: Fighting in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah came to a halt at midnight on Monday as a UN-brokered cease-fire took hold.The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s government against Iran-backed Houthi militias “has

President Xi Jinping has said that no one can "dictate" China's economic development path, in a closely watched speech marking 40 years since the opening up of the Chinese economy to the rest of

At the time of his stunning election victory in 2015, Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena claimed he would have been buried "six feet under the earth" had he lost that vote to incumbent Mahinda

The United Nations and the Palestinian Authority have appealed for $350m in aid for Palestinians in 2019, saying they needed more but had to be "realistic" following major aid cuts by the United States. The

The Taliban held a meeting on Monday with American officials in the latest attempt to bring a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year war. The meeting was held in the United Arab Emirates and involved Saudi,

Afghanistan's presidential election will take place next year on April 20 with results due by June, the electoral authority in the conflict-ridden country announced. The 12-day registration of presidential hopefuls will start next week,

ANKARA: In a potentially major policy shift, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Sunday said Ankara will consider working with Syrian President Bashar Assad if he wins a free and fair election.  Ankara had previously

ANKARA: A Turkish court on Monday placed three railway workers in pre-trial detention after they were accused of negligence leading to last week’s fatal rail crash in Ankara.Nine people were killed and almost 90

HAJJIN: Burnt-out cars, craters and collapsed buildings dot the side of a road in the Syrian village of Hajjin, after US-backed forces expelled Daesh. The sound of mortar fire and flying bullets resounded inside Hajjin

Beijing, China - In October 1978, China's late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping paid his first official visit to Japan. After being shown around the steel, automobile and electronic factories, Deng was apparently so mesmerised