China's President Xi Jinping opened celebrations on Tuesday to mark 70 years of Communist rule vowing that "no force" would be able to shake the country, as a massive parade of troops and military

Hong Kong, China - As Beijing celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with a massive military parade on Tuesday, 2,000 kilometres south the city of Hong Kong

AMMAN: The Jordanian government and the public teachers’ union have plunged the country into one of the most serious labor disputes in its history, as a court ordered a temporary cessation of a three-week labor

NABEUL, TUNISIA: The professor refuses to campaign for president and the prisoner cannot, yet both are running for Tunisia’s highest office. Tunisian voters sent two political outsiders into the presidential runoff, forcing a choice between

More than 100 people have been killed over the last four days after a heavy spell of retreating monsoon rains flooded wide areas in the northeastern India's Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar states. At

At least two people were reported killed and 32 others injured when a riot between rival gangs broke out in the Manila City Jail in the capital of the Philippines, authorities said on Monday. Prison

UNITED NATIONS: Yemen’s new foreign minister vowed on Saturday that the government will “end any attempt to tear apart our homeland.”He sharply criticized Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who control much of the country’s north and

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes a new “safe zone” in northern Syria will kill two birds with one stone — easing the refugee burden and pushing Kurdish militants away from his southern

An auction house in Switzerland is set to sell a collection of luxury cars that authorities seized from the son of Equatorial Guinea's president in a money laundering probe. The 25 cars include Ferraris, Rolls-Royces and

World leaders have gathered in New York City for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The meeting comes amid simmering tension in the Middle East over recent attacks on Saudi Arabian