JEDDAH/THE HAGUE: Iran failed on Wednesday to persuade the UN’s highest court to overturn punishing US economic sanctions that have brought the country’s economy to its knees.  The court ordered the US to lift

Washington, DC - In one of the most divisive political battles of President Donald Trump's presidency, US Republicans are moving forward with a risky showdown vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh following

A far-right sympathiser who injured six Africans during a violent revenge attack in the central Italian town of Macerata has been sentenced to 12 years in jail, media reports said. Luca Traini, 28, embarked

The finance ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait will on Thursday sign an agreement to provide credit guarantees and grants to Jordan, state-run Kuwait News Agency reports. The agreement, which also provides

Remnants of a tropical storm drenched parts of the US southwest's desert on Tuesday, trapping some drivers on swamped Phoenix streets as authorities prepared for possible flash flooding in Arizona, central Utah and elsewhere.

Palu, Indonesia - After the 7.5-magnitude quake struck, Sharif was pinned down by a fallen beam as his home collapsed. The food vendor shouted to his wife Umi and their children to never mind

CAIRO: A Facebook page has helped reunite hundreds of Egyptian families with their missing children as concern increases about child welfare. Ramy El-Gebaly founded the Missing Children page three years ago when he realised

GAZA: A Palestinian teenager was killed on Wednesday when a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a border protest hit him in the head, Gaza health officials said.A Gaza health ministry spokesman

GAZA: A Palestinian teenager was killed on Wednesday when a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a border protest hit him in the head, Gaza health officials said.A Gaza health ministry spokesman

Jeff Bezos' space company is in the conceptual design phase of a large lunar lander that it says will provide reusable access to the moon's surface and its resources, Blue Origin said on Wednesday.