AMMAN, Jordan: Jordan’s King Abdullah II says he has decided not to renew parts of his country’s landmark peace treaty with Israel.In a statement, Abdullah said Sunday that he would be pulling out of

AMMAN, Jordan: Jordan’s King Abdullah II says he has decided not to renew parts of his country’s landmark peace treaty with Israel.In a statement, Abdullah said Sunday that he would be pulling out of

ERBIL: The dominant party in Iraq’s Kurdistan has secured the most seats in the autonomous region’s parliament, despite its leader Masoud Barzani having championed an ill-fated independence referendum last year, the local electoral commission

An Ethiopian marathon runner who made global headlines with an anti-government gesture at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics finish line has returned from exile. Feyisa Lilesa's return on Sunday came several months after Prime

The Maldives' top court has unanimously rejected a bid by outgoing President Abdulla Yameen to annul results of a presidential election held in September. The Supreme Court said on Sunday the president failed to

US President Donald Trump has said Washington will withdraw from a 31-year-old nuclear weapons agreement with Moscow, accusing Russia of violating the treaty and demanding the inclusion of China. Here are five things to

The United Nation's latest report on climate change, published on October 10, was yet another warning about the reality the world will soon be facing if we don't very rapidly switch to renewable energy. The United

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to reveal the "naked truth" over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying that he will make a new statement on the case on Tuesday. His

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi Kurdish party behind last year’s ill-fated independence referendum has won the most seats in parliamentary elections held in the autonomous Kurdish region, authorities said Sunday. The elections commission says the Kurdistan

JERUSALEM: Israel ordered the country’s goods and people border crossings with Gaza to be opened on Sunday, just four days after shuttering them following a Palestinian rocket attack that sparked retaliatory strikes.The move followed