French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has announced a six-month moratorium on planned tax hikes on fuel and electricity in response to weeks of nationwide protests against high pump prices and living costs.  Philippe said

Middle East ride-hailing company Careem said it has launched a bus-booking service in Egypt and would soon expand it into Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Users of the "Careem Bus" app select their pick-up and

A leading European legal official has said Britain can unilaterally cancel its withdrawal from the European Union in the face of a key parliamentary debate on Prime Minister Theresa May's widely criticised Brexit deal.

The names of interviewees in this article, except professor Cheeseman, have been changed to protect their anonymity. London - It was the number of unidentified bodies bearing signs of torture arriving at the morgue that

Houthi militia use children to fuel their war in Yemen, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed told UNICEF’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa on Monday in Aden, the Saudi Press Agency

YAMMOUNEH, Lebanon: A fire ripped through a refugee camp in Lebanon on Monday killing two Syrians, including a boy, and burning nearly two dozen tents, a local official said. Around 1.5 million Syrians have

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Tuesday at the request of France and Britain after they accused Iran of test-firing a medium-range missile at the weekend, diplomats said.The

At least two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a police officer during a mob violence in India's Uttar Pradesh state, officials have said. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has

Israel has launched what it calls "an operation to expose and neutralise" tunnels between Lebanon and Israel allegedly dug by armed group Hezbollah. The operation was announced by the Israeli military on Twitter on Tuesday. 

The French government is preparing to suspend fuel tax increases in the wake of violent protests against the measures, according to Reuters news agency and local media.  A government source told Reuters that Prime Minister