India's government has revoked the special status of India-administered Kashmir, in a move that risks fuelling already heightened tensions with neighbouring Pakistan. Monday's presidential decree revokes Article 370 of India's constitution that guaranteed special rights

Venezuela's vice president has called the latest US sanctions freezing the assets of President Nicolas Maduro's government a "global threat" and an attack on private property. Delcy Rodriguez said on Tuesday that "the US

AMMAN: The Syrian army said Monday it was resuming military operations in a Russian-led campaign in northwest Syria that has uprooted tens of thousands and killed hundreds, blaming Turkey for not abiding by its commitments

LONDON: Britain said on Monday it was joining a US-led maritime security mission in the Gulf to protect merchant vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.Last month, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a British tanker,

Colombia has said it will grant citizenship to more than 24,000 children born in the country to parents from crisis-hit Venezuela since 2015, as well as to those who will be born over the next two years, in

The United States has called for "peace and stability" along the de-facto border that separates India and Pakistan in Kashmir after New Delhi revoked the special status granted to the Indian-administered portion of the disputed-territory. New Delhi's move

BEIRUT: A Dutch band said on Sunday it had canceled its gig at a top Lebanon festival in solidarity with a Lebanese group pulled from the event after threats over alleged offense to Christians. Within

CAIRO: Egypt displayed on Sunday the gilded coffin of Tutankhamun, under restoration for the first time since the boy king’s tomb was discovered in 1922.The restoration process began in mid-July after the three-tiered coffin

Iraq's oil ministry has said it has no connection with an oil tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling fuel, Iraqi News Agency reported. "The ministry does not export diesel to

Khmer Rouge's 'Brother Number Two' Nuon Chea has died aged 93, a spokesman for the Cambodia tribunal where he was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity said. "We can confirm that defendant Nuon