Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has ruled out ever reinstating deposed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, even if the latter is able to prove he has majority support in parliament. Speaking to reporters from foreign media outlets

Chadian President Idriss Deby has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the first such visit by a leader of the northcentral African nation which severed bilateral ties in 1972. Both leaders called the visit

BAGHDAD: At least 21 people have died and tens of thousands displaced by heavy rains that have battered Iraq over two days, the health ministry and United Nations said on Sunday.Women and children were

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities detained two people following a drive-by shooting near the Austrian Embassy in capital Ankara early Sunday.The governor’s office said in a statement the two suspects were detained and their weapon confiscated.

JERUSALEM: Israeli police arrested the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem for the second time in as many months, a spokesman said Sunday, after reports of an investigation related to a land sale.Adnan Gheith was arrested

Shahidul Alam, the internationally recognised photographer who was detained by the Bangladeshi authorities in August after making allegedly "provocative" statements in an interview with Al Jazeera, has recently been released on bail after spending over 100 days in prison.  Following

At least 21 people have died and tens of thousands displaced by torrential rains that have battered Iraq over two days, according to health officials and the United Nations. Seif al-Badr, spokesperson for Iraq's

Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir - At least nine people have been killed in violence in India-administered Kashmir, capping off one of this year's deadliest weeks in the disputed region already suffering its worst bloodshed in a decade.

Lagos, Nigeria - Emita Dida, a widowed mother of six, has been living in "Monkey Village" for more than a decade. She is one of thousands of Nigerians to be calling this informal settlement

European Union leaders formally agreed upon a Brexit deal at a Brussels summit on Sunday, urging Britons to back Prime Minister Theresa May's package, which faces furious opposition in the British parliament. After a