BAGHDAD: Iraqi security and medical officials say protesters have pushed closer to the Green Zone, Baghdad’s fortified seat of government, after security forces pulled back following a night of violent altercations.The officials said Saturday

BEIRUT: A majestic phoenix spreads its wings as Hayat Nazer adds a splash of color to a Beirut wall. As Lebanon’s uprising enters its second month, graffiti has enveloped the capital’s posh downtown.Since October

Protesters in Lebanon have been on the streets for almost a month. Among their long list of demands is adequate electricity supply. Consecutive governments have failed to provide people with 24-hour electricity since 1975.

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankans have voted to elect a new president in an election that has seen rising religious tensions and a slowing economy take centre stage. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defence

DUBAI: Dozens of Harvard students walked out of a talk by Israeli ambassador, Dani Dayan, on the Legal Strategy of Israeli Settlements earlier this week. They were holding signs which read “Settlements are a

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s most influential Shiite religious leader called Friday for a new election law that would restore public confidence in the system and give voters the opportunity to bring “new faces” to power.Grand Ayatollah

The impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump entered uncharted territory on Wednesday with the first public hearing of the probe.  William Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, the deputy assistant

Washington, DC - The former US ambassador who was ousted by Donald Trump was testifying in a public hearing on Friday as part of the impeachment inquiry of the US president. Marie Yovanovitch, the former

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s state-run news agency says the Arab Gulf country’s Cabinet has resigned. The move comes ahead of parliamentary elections early next year. KUNA reported on Thursday that Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates and Egypt plan to jointly invest $20 billion in economic and social projects, under a bilateral project announced by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed