Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he made payments to influence the 2016 election at the direction of a

Saudi Arabia has reportedly called off plans to sell shares of its state oil company, Aramco. The kingdom would bring in trillions of dollars by selling a mere 5 percent of Aramco on national

Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the German city of Cologne, for Europe's largest video game trade show. All of the latest games are on display, as are the newest devices to

Zimbabwe's top court will decide on Friday whether to overturn or uphold President Emmerson Mnangagwa's narrow election win in July. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says the vote was rigged in favour of the president,

A Ugandan pop star who has become an opposition party leader is preparing to appear before a military court on Thursday. Bobi Wine's arrest last week sparked violent demonstrations and battles with police. Since

JEDDAH: A top aide to the US president launched a withering attack on Iran on Wednesday, ramping up the diplomatic pressure already applied by Donald Trump. Sanctions are devastating the economy, public opinion is

AMMAN: Israel announced plans on Wednesday for more than 1,000 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, some intended as “punishment” for Palestinian attacks. Of the 1,004 homes approved by a Defense Ministry committee,

UNITED NATIONS: The US, Britain and France vowed on the fifth anniversary of a chemical weapons attack that they blame on the Syrian government to take action as they have in the past against

People in India's flood-ravaged state of Kerala are facing a "great struggle to rebuild their lives", local officials have warned, as high waters that have killed hundreds of people and displaced more than a million others

Australia's political crisis has deepened as a government legislator said that he was planning a second challenge against the country's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Turnbull narrowly survived a vote of no confidence on Tuesday, when