The east of Australia is in the grip of drought. Parts of the states of New South Wales and Victoria received virtually no rain at all over the Australian winter, and that lack of

CAIRO: Egypt’s Meteorological Authority warned on Friday that several areas in south and north Sinai are expecting floods this week while heavy rainfall created disruption in several governorates in Egypt over the weekend.November and

CAIRO: Egypt’s Meteorological Authority warned on Friday that several areas in south and north Sinai are expecting floods this week while heavy rainfall created disruption in several governorates in Egypt over the weekend.November and

AL-MANAMA: Polling stations closed and counting began on Saturday evening in Bahrain for 2018 parliamentary elections. The government confirmed that 506 candidates were running in the election, including 137 for local city councils and the highest number

Millions of people in Taiwan turned out to cast their vote in midterm elections and answer 10 referendum questions. These questions included whether or not to change the island's name in international sporting events

Counting is under way in Bahrain after polls have closed in Saturday's parliamentary election from which opposition groups were barred in a crackdown on dissent in the Western-allied kingdom. More than 350,000 Bahrainis were eligible

In a setback for LGBT advocates, voters in Taiwan have backed a series of initiatives opposing marriage equality, dealing a major blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer. A referendum on whether marriage should

Leaders from the 28 current European Union member states are set to meet on Sunday in Brussels for an emergency summit to finalise a deal on Britain's departure from the bloc, or Brexit. In what

A congressionally mandated report from the US Global Change Research Program says extreme weather disasters are getting worse in the US and that climate change is to blame. The multi-agency report said weather events

LONDON: Daesh has killed 24 US-backed fighters in two days in an attack launched from its embattled holdout in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Saturday.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Kurdish-led alliance backed by