An investigation has uncovered new details about Maldives government corruption days before a presidential election and weeks after the European Union moved to sanction its leaders. Published on Tuesday, the research finds that at

A Russian military aircraft with 14 people on board vanished from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, as Israeli warplanes attacked Syrian positions, Russia's defence ministry said. The fate of those on board is still

US President Donald Trump has said he will impose 10 percent US tariffs on about $200bn worth of Chinese imports, but he spared some consumer products. The new tariffs will take effect from September

BEIRUT: Missiles were fired at several locations in the Syrian coastal province of Latakia on Monday but were intercepted and downed by air defenses, Syrian state media said.Explosions continued for nearly a half hour,

Assad ordered to call off Idlib offensive after ‘demilitarized zone’ deal in Sochi JEDDAH/SOCHI: Russia ordered the Assad regime on Monday to call off a planned offensive in Syria's Idlib region after reaching a

  JEDDAH/CAIRO: Russia’s defense ministry said it had lost contact with a military surveillance aircraft with 14 servicemen on board near Syria’s Hmeimim air base, Russian and Syrian media reported late on Monday. The

US President Donald Trump has said he will impose 10 percent US tariffs on about $200bn worth of Chinese imports, but he spared some consumer products. The new tariffs will take effect from September

Hundreds of Russian Communist Party supporters have rallied in Vladivostok against what they said was the brazen rigging of a regional election in favour of a politician backed by President Vladimir Putin. With 95 percent of

Calls from both Democrats and Republicans to delay a vote on US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee continued to mount on Monday after a woman, who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, came

More than 1,200 roads in North Carolina were closed on Monday due to flooding from Hurricane Florence, now downgraded to a tropical depression, which brought record rain and storm surges to the state.  At