Jordan's former counterterrorism chief General Habis Hanayneh has been shot dead outside his home, according to medical and security sources. Hanayneh was killed around 7pm (16:00 GMT) on Tuesday in the city of Madaba, around 30km southwest of

Government leaders in Australia are under pressure to remove child refugees, many of whom are mentally ill, from a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. Doctors have made a video to highlight their concerns

Brazilians will head to polls on Sunday to choose between two radically different leaders in the second round of voting. Fernando Haddad from the Workers' Party is the country's left-wing candidate. But his right-wing

On state television, the vocational education centre in China's far west looked like a modern school where happy students studied Mandarin, brushed up their job skills, and pursued hobbies such as sports and folk

The United Nations humanitarian chief warns that Yemen is on the verge of widespread famine, with about half of the population completely relying on humanitarian aid for survival.  Addressing the Security Council on Tuesday, UN Undersecretary-General

Ecuador's foreign minister says his country does not plan to intervene with the British government on behalf of Julian Assange in talks over his legal situation as an asylee in the South American country's

A Khmer Rouge-era prison chief who was the first person to be convicted in an ongoing Cambodian war crimes tribunal has been admitted to hospital in Phnom Penh with respiratory problems. Kaing Guek Eav,

Kirkuk, Iraq - On the way from Erbil to Kirkuk, it starts smelling of oil even before one gets near the oil-rich Iraqi city. Smoke can be seen rising from the white chimneys of

China's appetite for coal is rising again despite a surge of investment in alternative energies, limits on coal use, and the establishment of "no-coal zones" throughout the country designed to help it meet climate

AMMAN: Religious and political figures in Jerusalem urged Jordan’s king to coordinate with the Palestinian president and the UN to obligate Israel to implement resolutions passed by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization