A Qatari national was released from prison in Saudi Arabia after being arbitrarily detained for more than a year, the Doha-based National Human Rights Committee said (NHRC). Mohsen Saleh Saadoun al-Karbi had been jailed

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam has strongly condemned violence following a mass rally against her government. At least 40 people were injured when a mob assaulted anti-government protesters. One of them is reported to

TEHRAN: Iran has executed a nurse convicted of murdering a six-year-old boy, the judiciary’s official news agency reported on Sunday.The woman was found guilty of carrying out the murder in June 2016 while working

TEHRAN: Iran has executed a nurse convicted of murdering a six-year-old boy, the judiciary’s official news agency reported on Sunday.The woman was found guilty of carrying out the murder in June 2016 while working

Hong Kong - Mayhem erupted on Sunday as riot police fired multiple rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated bullets to disperse thousands of protesters who defied orders by occupying major roads and vandalising Beijing's liaison

Sierra Leone witnessed a decade-long civil war and the worst Ebola outbreak ever, leaving hundreds of thousands traumatised in one of the world's poorest countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10 percent

ERBIL: Iraqi Kurdish authorities announced Saturday they had arrested two suspects involved in the murder of three people, including a Turkish diplomat, in the regional capital Erbil this week.The autonomous region's security council first said

ERBIL: Iraqi Kurdistan's internal security service has arrested the main culprit behind the deadly shooting of a Turkish diplomat in the regional capital Erbil, it said on Saturday."The Kurdistan Region announced on Saturday the

At least 10,000 people took to the streets of Moscow to protest against the exclusion of most opposition-minded candidates from an election for the Russian capital's legislature. Election officials barred around 30 candidates, mostly

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become the country's longest-serving leader. With more than 13 years at the helm, he has surpassed Israel's founding father, David Ben Gurion. Netanyahu has survived scandals, crises and