Candidates vying for votes in the upcoming US midterm elections are under increasing pressure to protect federal healthcare programmes that were ushered in under former President Barack Obama. Many voters are especially concerned about

Kabul, Afghanistan - Polls have closed in Afghanistan's long-awaited parliamentary elections, with large numbers of voters defying deadly attacks to cast their ballots. Most polling stations in the country opened on Saturday at 7am

CAIRO: Egypt’s parliament voted on Sunday to extend a state of emergency in the country for three months, prolonging the authorities’ ability to use special powers into 2019.Egypt first imposed a state of emergency

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories: Separated from the impatient crowd by a flimsy barrier, Palestinian policemen read out names, their voices barely audible above the din.Those called file forward, relieved to finally be leaving the crowded

JERUSALEM: When Israel locked up Ahed Tamimi for slapping a soldier last year, it hoped to finally silence the teenage Palestinian activist. Instead, it created an international celebrity.Less than three months after walking out

Esquipulas, Guatemala - Maria Adela Vasquez does not want to be here. Waiting inside a migrant shelter in southern Guatemala, along with her daughter and niece, she hopes to continue her journey north and into

Erbil, Iraq – Opposition parties in Iraq's Kurdish region have rejected the final results of the September 30 parliamentary elections. After a delay of three weeks, the regional election commission announced late on Saturday

Jordan has told Israel that it intends to reclaim two tracts of territories leased under a 1994 peace treaty, King Abdullah II has announced, in a move that was welcomed by activists and civil

At least 18 people have been killed and 171 others injured after an express train derailed in northeast Taiwan, the island's worst rail accident for more than 20 years. The Puyuma express train was

Fewer than 24 hours after calling the Saudi report on the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi "credible", the US president has walked back that statement, saying that there had been "deception" and "lies". US