IRBIL/SULAIMANIA, Iraq: Kurds began voting in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, a year after a failed bid for independence. With opposition parties weak, the Kurdistan Democratic Party

NEW YORK:  The US will pursue “a strategy of isolation,” including sanctions, with its allies if President Bashar Assad holds up a political process aimed at ending Syria’s seven-year war, said a top US

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, there have been calls to reject the use of electronic voting machines in December's general election. A coalition of opposition leaders says the devices are not secure and

Macedonians have begun voting in a key referendum on whether to re-name their country North Macedonia in a bid to settle a long-running row with Greece and unlock its path to NATO and EU

Malaysia's new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad isn't a new face for journalists in the country. Many of them would have covered him during the 22 years that he was previously prime minister, from 1981

NEW YORK:  The US will pursue “a strategy of isolation,” including sanctions, with its allies if President Bashar Assad holds up a political process aimed at ending Syria’s seven-year war, said a top US

Russia accuses West of undermining Astana peace talks, begins missile system delivery to Syria UNITED NATIONS: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday Moscow had started delivering the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to

NEW YORK:  The US will pursue “a strategy of isolation,” including sanctions, with its allies if President Bashar Assad holds up a political process aimed at ending Syria’s seven-year war, said a top US

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Tens of thousands people marched in cities across Brazil on Saturday as part of a women-led protest against far-right, frontrunner presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. The demonstrations, a manifestation of

There are growing concerns in Tehran that fighters defeated by Iranian forces during the Syrian campaign, will now regroup and target them at home. It's been a week since 25 people were killed in