The number of people killed after a river in eastern Uganda burst its banks, sending a torrent of mud and rocks barrelling into homes has risen to 41, disaster officials and survivors said. Rescue

One of the most significant foreign policy challenges the international community is currently facing is the denuclearisation of North Korea. The good news is that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un committed "to work

Living in the inhospitable area crisscrossed by the borders of Libya, Chad, Niger and Sudan, the Tebu - a non-Arab indigenous people - are experiencing an unprecedented cultural awakening, thanks to their first alphabet ever and

Former South African Foreign Minister Roelof "Pik" Botha, a key figure in the country's transition from the apartheid era to democracy, has died at the age of 86. Botha's son confirmed to local media on

In this week's UpFront, we discuss the disappearance and possible murderof Saudi journalist and critic, Jamal Khashoggi. In this special discussion, we talk to  Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and foreign policy analyst Rula

BEIRUT: Aid agencies on Friday warned of dire humanitarian consequences if a Russia-Turkey deal to avert a regime assault on Syria’s last major opposition stronghold was not fully implemented within days. Regime ally Russia

BEIRUT: After being nearly defeated on the battlefields of its would-be caliphate, Daesh has reverted to what it was before its spectacular conquests in 2014, analysts say — a shadowy insurgent network that targets

BEIRUT: After being nearly defeated on the battlefields of its would-be caliphate, Daesh has reverted to what it was before its spectacular conquests in 2014, analysts say — a shadowy insurgent network that targets

A global partnership of scientists is building the first prototype nuclear fusion reactor in southeast France. At a cost of at least $24bn, the project could be the answer to the world’s clean energy

At the UN General Assembly last month, Iran and the United States were involved in "a war of words". But behind the scenes, there was a rare case of cooperation. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani