Like millions of other people around the globe, in the US and elsewhere, I was transfixed by the testimonies of both Dr Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh, watching them from beginning to

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Brazil's deeply polarised presidential race took centre stage on Sunday as election hopefuls sparred during a debate in advance of the country's national and state-level elections. Several candidates rounded

A court in Sweden has sentenced a French national at the centre of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal, which rocked the academy that awards Nobel Prize for literature, to two years in

BEIRUT: More than 18,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, have been killed in Russian airstrikes on Syria since Moscow began its game-changing intervention three years ago, a monitor said.Russia, a steadfast ally of

A year after the October 1 referendum on seceding from Spain, Catalonia is no closer to independence, and many of the figureheads of the movement remain in jail. The unauthorised poll produced a "yes" vote but

The White House has denied reports it is trying to limit the FBI investigation into the president's Supreme Court pick. The agency is looking into two allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh. Accusations

Rescuers in the Indonesia island of Sulawesi are racing against the clock to save those still trapped in the rubble, as volunteers dug mass graves to bury at least 832 killed in an earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Negotiators from Canada and the United States went down to the wire but were able to reach an agreement on a new free trade pact that will include Mexico, the governments announced late on

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has urged parliament to "confirm the will of the majority" after "more than 90 percent" of referendum voters agreed to change the country's name. However, the leader of Macedonia's

Kurds vote for regional Parliament as Barzani draws battle lines in fight for Iraq presidency BAGHDAD: Results from Iraq’s Kurdish election on Sunday are expected to bolster the plans of veteran statesman Massoud Barzani