Thousands of stranded people are waiting for rescue as relentless monsoon floods continue to batter the south Indian state of Kerala, where more than 200 people have died in a little over a week.

The US Department of State has announced it will cut funding worth more than $200m for projects promoting stabilisation in Syria. Major contributions from other countries led to the decision to shift the money

The United States has imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military and police commanders and two army units, accusing them of "ethnic cleansing" against Rohingya and widespread human rights abuses. "Burmese security forces have engaged in

When Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega overthrew the country's Somoza dictatorship in 1979, Sergio Ramirez was standing by his side. Now, the poet and novelist is among Ortega's most vocal critics, saying the thirst for

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s battered lira weakened 5 percent on Friday after a Turkish court rejected a US Christian pastor’s appeal for release, a day after the US warned of further sanctions unless Ankara hands over

TUNIS: A migrant died early Friday as Tunisian security forces clashed with a group of Tunisians and Africans embarking on a clandestine sea crossing to Italy, a security official said.The police intervened to stop

GAZA: Israeli troops on Friday shot dead two Palestinians taking part in protests along the Gaza border.At least 270 other Palestinians were wounded, 70 of them by gunfire, the Palestinian health ministry in the

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton will discuss arms control treaties and Iran’s role in Syria in talks with Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in Geneva next week, an administration official

LALISH: A young Yazidi woman who fled to Germany but returned home to northern Iraq says she cannot escape her Daesh captor who held her as a sex slave for three months.Ashwaq Hajji, 19,

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s battered lira weakened 5 percent on Friday after a Turkish court rejected a US Christian pastor’s appeal for release, a day after the US warned of further sanctions unless Ankara hands over