BASRA, Iraq: Sweet Iraqi dates adorn tables in homes across the country, but the fruit tree and national symbol has come under threat from conflict and crippling drought.Shopping in the southern city of Basra,

UNITED NATIONS, New York:  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared on Thursday that his people’s rights “are not up for bargaining” and he accused the US of undermining the two-state solution, a day after President

New Delhi - India's Supreme Court has overturned a decades-old ban by religious authorities that forbid women from entering one of the holiest Hindu temples in the country. The Sabarimala Ayyappa temple was one of

Canada's parliament has unanimously voted to strip Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship over her handling of the Rohingya crisis.  Thursday's vote came a week after Canadian lawmakers approved a

Tangier, Morocco - Nestled in Tangier's backstreets, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral rises above the fracas of heated market trading as Archbishop Santiago Agrelo Martinez leads an impassioned service. Most of his congregation are sub-Saharan

New York - The World Food Programme (WFP) has said there "very well could be" famine in remote areas of Yemen where the UN's food agency does not have access, painting a bleak picture

Pakistan's new government, headed by new Prime Minister Imran Khan, has inherited strained relations with two key countries, India and the United States. Observers are questioning how the country's new leadership will seek to reshape its foreign

BASRA, Iraq: Sweet Iraqi dates adorn tables in homes across the country, but the fruit tree and national symbol has come under threat from conflict and crippling drought.Shopping in the southern city of Basra,

GENEVA: A Yemeni activist who was held and allegedly tortured for months by Houthi rebels this week criticized the UN-backed peace process for his country as “naive,” warning against “humanizing” his captors.Hisham Al-Omeisy, an

BASRA, Iraq: Sweet Iraqi dates adorn tables in homes across the country, but the fruit tree and national symbol has come under threat from conflict and crippling drought.Shopping in the southern city of Basra,