The case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has shocked and captivated the world, as information trickles out about his disappearence and possible murder inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.  Beyond the gruesome details,

China is planning to launch its own 'artificial moon' by 2020 to replace streetlamps and lower electricity costs in urban areas, state media reported on Friday. Chengdu, a city in southwestern Sichuan province, is

China's economic growth has slowed down to 6.5 percent in the third quarter - its slowest quarterly growth since 2009 - as a campaign to tackle mounting debt and trade frictions with the US take

DAMASCUS, Syria: The UN said it was organizing a joint aid convoy with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to tens of thousands of Syrians stranded in the desert near the Jordanian border. The world

DAMASCUS, Syria: The UN said it was organizing a joint aid convoy with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to tens of thousands of Syrians stranded in the desert near the Jordanian border. The world

ANKARA: A motion to deploy Turkish troops in Lebanon for a further year as part of the UN’s interim force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, was ratified by the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday. It is the

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia's former deputy prime minister, appeared in court in Kuala Lumpur on Friday charged with 45 counts of corruption, the latest senior politician to be charged with suspected graft since May's

An outspoken former detainee in China's internment camps for Muslims said his application for a visa to visit the United States was rejected - despite an invitation to speak at US Congress about his

Afghan General Abdul Raziq, 45, known for his fierce stance against the Taliban, was killed along with a local intelligence commander Abdul Mohmin when a bodyguard opened fire after a meeting in the governor's compound

The lawyer of a prominent Sri Lankan student who was accused of plotting to assassinate Australian politicians said he will sue police after prosecutors dropped terrorism charges on Friday. Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen, 25, was