Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to elect on Friday a new leader to succeed Angela Merkel, who led the conservative party for 18 years. Merkel, 64, decided not to seek a re-election

Rescue and relief organisations SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have decided to stop the Aquarius refugee rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea after what it calls "a relentless ongoing political, judicial and

Israel took control of the West Bank after the Six-Day War in 1967 and sanctioned Jewish settlers to set up homes throughout the area, who have occupied it ever since. Today, the occupied West

Police have given the all-clear after a phoned in bomb threat forced the evacuation at the offices of the US cable channel, CNN, in New York. Police said a man with a southern accent

KAFR AL-DAWAR, Egypt: Lush green fields blanket northern Egypt’s Nile Delta, but the country’s agricultural heartland and its vital freshwater resources are under threat from a warming climate.The fertile arc-shaped basin is home to

KAFR AL-DAWAR, Egypt: Lush green fields blanket northern Egypt’s Nile Delta, but the country’s agricultural heartland and its vital freshwater resources are under threat from a warming climate.The fertile arc-shaped basin is home to

UNITED NATIONS: A US-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would have condemned the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls Gaza, failed to win the required two-thirds majority in the UN General Assembly

Manila, Philippines - An anti-graft court in the Philippines has acquitted movie star-turned-politician Ramon Revilla Jr of plunder, the first verdict among several high-profile cases in the biggest corruption scandal to hit the country in the last decade. The Sandiganbayan court,

The United Nations General Assembly has rejected a United States-sponsored resolution seeking to condemn Hamas, the Palestinian group administering the besieged Gaza Strip. The resolution, which was backed strongly by Israel, needed a two-thirds

Six senior US senators from across party lines have introduced a resolution holding Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) personally accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The resolution directly contradicts statements made