JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was battling to keep his government afloat on Friday after Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman quit over a ceasefire deal for Gaza.Left with a single seat majority in parliament

ANKARA: Police in Istanbul detained 12 academics, businesspeople and journalists as part of an investigation into an association that was headed by a jailed prominent businessman and activist, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Friday.Anadolu

Sri Lanka's parliament has descended into chaos for a second day as legislators supporting disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa threw books, furniture and chili paste at rivals in a bid to block a second

The organisation promoting the sustainable cultivation and use of palm oil has agreed to tighten rules on the production of the crop, requiring companies to commit to not cause deforestation or plant on wetland

British Prime Minister Theresa May has defended the draft Brexit deal reached with the European Union that triggered the resignations of senior ministers and mutiny within her Conservative Party. May appeared on British radio

The first winter storm of the season to hit the contiguous United States has the most parts of northeast covered under several centimetres of snow. The snowfall and freezing rain that started on Thursday

Theresa May surely by now symbolises the phrase "bad day at the office". This week, having spent months negotiating the deal by which Britain will leave the European Union next March, May had a

CAIRO: Billboards across Cairo advertise luxury homes with “breathtaking” views in compounds with names like “La Verde” or “Vinci” in Egypt’s new capital that is under construction in the desert, miles from the Nile-side

Funeral prayers have been held in absentia for slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and Prophet Muhammad's mosque in the Saudi city of Medina, two of the holiest places

In this week's UpFront, we ask Silicon Valley visionary Jaron Lanier about the latest New York Times allegations against Facebook and explore his main criticisms against social media. And in a Special Interview, we