Relations between Russia and Ukraine are still raw after the annexation of Crimea four years ago. Moscow has since been backing pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine where fighting continues. There are fears Sunday's confrontation

JEDDAH: The Arab coalition is set to issue permits land, sea and air to enable supplies to be delivered to Yemen, Al Arabiya news channel reported. The coalition will issue 16 permits for ships destined

THE HAGUE: The world’s chemical watchdog said Monday it was reviewing security ahead of a possible probe into an alleged chemical attack in Syria’s regime-held city of Aleppo over the weekend.Damascus formally requested the

TEHRAN: The head of Iran’s judicial authority on Monday warned restive workers against creating “disorder,” while calling on the government to address their problems.Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani spoke amid efforts to resolve a weeks-long strike

Mumbai, India - It was a regular hot afternoon on this day 10 years ago in western India's financial hub, Mumbai. The place was abuzz with tourists outside the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and

Lopez Arellano Sector, Honduras and Tapachula, Mexico - The bullet hole in Junior Rivera’s neighbour’s garage door was just one of many in the Lopez Arellano sector of Choloma, in northwestern Honduras. Military police shot live

The Maldives' top court has cancelled the 13-year prison sentence of former President Mohamed Nasheed following a review of his controversial conviction on terrorism charges. Nasheed, who recently returned home after years in self-exile, was elected

Concerns are growing about the spread of tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where more than one in 250 people are believed to have been infected by the disease. Providing treatment for the curable bacterial

Human rights activists in Uganda have called for the establishment of an independent inquiry into the killing of scores of people by the country's security forces in a western town two years ago. On

BAGHDAD: Iranian state television says the number of injured people from the last night's magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the country's west has reached more than 700.The report Monday said most were immediately released from