The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are two of the most famous books in the English language. The stories have come to life in movies that have earned $6bn. Now, 45 years

DUBAI: The US military released a video showing small ships in the Gulf of Aden smuggling weapons amid the ongoing war in Yemen. The short video, published on Friday, says the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham

JERUSALEM: Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday that Israel will not be bound by whatever agreements the international community may reach on Syria after its civil war. Speaking on a visit to the Israeli

MOSCOW: Russia will begin a major naval exercise in the Mediterranean on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense announced, a move the Kremlin said was justified by a failure to deal with militants in Syria’s

Maria* cleans rooms at a large Spanish hotel. She arrives before 8am, changes into her uniform and heads to the housekeeper's office to get her cleaning schedule. "It really depends on the hotel's occupation,

Former Australian Prime Minister Macolm Turnbull has resigned from parliament after he was removed from office in a bitter conservative rebellion last week. Turnbull, the country's 29th prime minister, who first entered parliament in

An Australian filmmaker has been sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of espionage in Cambodia. After a six-day trial, Judge Seng Leang on Friday found James Ricketson guilty on two charges

Bobi Wine, a Ugandan pop star-turned-opposition legislator, has been detained at a government hospital after being blocked from leaving for the United States for treatment on his injuries from alleged torture, his lawyers said.

The Australian Catholic Church has rejected a recommendation to implement laws forcing priests and other members of the Church to report sexual abuse. The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC), the country's top Catholic body,

CAIRO: Italy hopes for a breakthrough by the end of this year in the investigation into the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Egypt, Italy’s deputy prime minister said during a visit to