BEIRUT: A pro-Syrian Lebanese politician urged calm on Sunday after one of his aides was killed by gunfire during a police attempt to bring him in for questioning over accusations of stirring civil strife.Wiam

BAB AL-HAWA: A 54-year-old Argentinian woman who was lured into war-wracked Syria two years ago on a marriage promise was finally on her way home on Saturday, a Syrian rebel official said.History teacher Nancy

Bangladesh's former prime minister and jailed opposition leader Khaleda Zia has been declared ineligible to contest this month's national elections over two graft convictions, authorities said. The country's attorney general Mahbubey Alam told reporters in

A record number of women have been elected in Bahrain's elections in what officials say is an historic achievement that has broken the glass ceiling of representation in the country's parliament. By the election's

Kiev, Ukraine - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has said Kiev is ready to hold talks with Russia in "the Normandy format" to de-escalate the conflict between the two countries in the Kerch Strait. Poroshenko's remark came on

Argentina's central bank has signed a deal with its Chinese counterpart to expand a currency swap programme by eight billion dollars, the bank said in a statement. The agreement is an extension of a

US President Donald Trump has said he hopes to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un early next year over the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. The announcement came on Saturday as Trump was returning home to

DUBAI: Iran said on Sunday it would continue missile tests to build up its defenses and denied this was in breach of UN resolutions following US allegations that Tehran had tested a new missile

BEIRUT: He may have fallen from grace internationally as one of the auto industry’s most powerful leaders, but Carlos Ghosn can count on continued support in at least one corner of the globe.Lebanon has

Iran's top military spokesperson has said his country would continue to carry out missile tests to build up its defence and deterrence capabilities. "Missile tests ... are carried out for defence and the country's