Twin bombings at a sports club in Kabul on Wednesday killed at least 20 people and wounded 70 others, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks in the Afghan capital. No immediate claim

An Emirates airliner carrying more than 500 passengers was quarantined on a New York City runway after reports of a large number of people falling ill on Wednesday. At least 19 people on board

The UN's special envoy to Yemen expressed confidence even though the first day of peace talks between rebels and the internationally recognised Yemeni government was pushed by a day, as Houthis failed to arrive in Switzerland. Speaking

United Nations investigators are warning crimes against humanity are continuing unabated in Burundi. And they blame other serious violations partly on hate speech by President Pierre Nkurunziza. Burundi became the first nation to withdraw

BEIRUT: International calls mounted Wednesday to avoid a “massacre” by regime forces in Syria’s last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing the government and opposition.Troops have been

JERUSALEM: Israel’s top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go ahead despite international pressure.The ruling means

JERUSALEM: Israel’s top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go ahead despite international pressure.The ruling means

On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed to

Protesters have been out on the streets in southern Yemen for a third consecutive day. Although the war in Yemen has seen many outrages, including the recent Saudi bombing of a school bus, these

A bomber blew himself up inside a sports club in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding 18, the latest attack in the Afghan city. There was no immediate claim of