Kiev, Ukraine - Ukraine is heading to the polls in hotly-contested presidential election with political novice Volodymyr Zelensky poised to win over 38 other candidates, including President Petro Poroshenko and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. Sunday's vote is

It's been one year since East Africa's most populous country - Ethiopia - experienced a political transformation; a change in leadership, after years of social unrest and demonstrations. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn unexpectedly resigned,

Saudi political prisoners suffered torture and malnutrition, according to leaked medical reports prepared for King Salman, the Guardian newspaper has reported. The medical reports are understood to have been prepared for the king along

The International Monetary Fund expects the Philippines to become the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia. But many Filipinos doubt whether they will benefit. Millions of affordable homes are needed to cope with a growing

A decision by Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro to reinstate commemorations of a military coup that happened 55 years ago has led to a controversy. Bolsonaro says honouring history will unite the country. But survivors of

ANKARA: Turks began voting on Sunday in local elections that President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for the country. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for more than 16 years

RABAT: Pope Francis will hold mass Sunday for nearly 10,000 members of Morocco’s Catholic minority, on the second day of a visit during which he has already met migrants and trainee imams. The Argentine

RABAT: Pope Francis will hold mass Sunday for nearly 10,000 members of Morocco’s Catholic minority, on the second day of a visit during which he has already met migrants and trainee imams. The Argentine

Two of the owners of a high-rise commercial building in Dhaka that caught fire this week, killing 26 people and injuring about 70 others, have been arrested, police said. Assistant police commissioner Abdul Baten

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro began a visit to Israel on Sunday with a decision pending on fulfilling a promise to move his country's embassy to Jerusalem, a policy change opposed by military officers in his cabinet. The four-day