The Indian government plans to decongest its airports by introducing facial recognition technology next year - a proposal that may once again raise privacy concerns in the South Asian country. India's Ministry of Civil

Turkey's foreign ministry summoned Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Ankara over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two days ago. Turkish diplomatic sources, as well as Anadolu news

NEW YORK: The Security Council has renewed for a year UN member states’ authorization to inspect vessels off Libya suspected of smuggling migrants between Africa and Europe. Proposed by Britain, the resolution was approved

NEW TORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he hopes for the “swift” formation of an “inclusive” Iraqi government following the election of the country’s president. “The secretary-general hopes the election of the president will

NEW TORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he hopes for the “swift” formation of an “inclusive” Iraqi government following the election of the country’s president. “The secretary-general hopes the election of the president will

The death toll in Indonesia's twin quake-tsunami disaster climbed to 1,558 with time running out to rescue survivors a week after the twin disasters struck. Residents on Sulawesi Island's west coast scavenged for food

Eight years ago, a photo of the brutalised body of Khaled Said, a young man from the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, went viral on social media. Said had been beaten to death by

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country will not leave Syria until a general election is held in the war-torn Middle-Eastern nation. "Whenever the Syrian people hold an election, we will leave

The 23rd Busan International Film Festival has opened in South Korea with a star-studded red carpet, marking the end of a local film boycott of the event. Over 320 films from 79 countries will

A group of Palestinian schoolchildren from the occupied West Bank have travelled to the Israeli president's residence to protest against the imminent demolition of their village. Khan al-Ahmar, which has captured international attention for