Kurds vote for regional Parliament as Barzani draws battle lines in fight for Iraq presidency BAGHDAD: Results from Iraq’s Kurdish election on Sunday are expected to bolster the plans of veteran statesman Massoud Barzani

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels denied on Sunday they had pulled any heavy arms from a major opposition bastion in the north, as the deadline to implement a demilitarization deal there draws closer.Regime ally Moscow and

Afghanistan recently ended its 2018 Asia Cup journey in Dubai with a series of impressive performances, filling Afghans at home with joy. With victories against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, a tie against India and a competitive

ABU DHABI: The UAE on Sunday approved a zero-deficit 60.3 billion dirham ($16.4 billion) budget for 2019, up 17 percent from this year’s budget and the largest in the country’s history. According to the

JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday released a French-Palestinian lawyer held without charge for the past 13 months over unspecified allegations, his lawyer said.Salah Hamouri, 33, was freed at Jerusalem police headquarters after being brought from

DUBAI: Dubai International Airport released a statement on Sunday confirming that flights were operating as normal after a news report claiming the Houthi militia had launched a drone attack against the airport.“With regards to

The toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has soared to more than 800 with authorities fearing it will only climb as rescuers struggle to reach outlying communities cut off from communications and

Humans kill an estimated 100 million sharks annually and experts have warned that certain species face extinction if the trend continues. Consumption of shark fin soup, primarily in China and Vietnam, is the biggest

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have reached a settlement over fraud charges. Under the deal Musk will remain CEO, pay a 20 million dollar fine and step

Thousands of rival demonstrators hit the streets of Cologne as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the country's largest mosque at the end of his visit to Germany. The inauguration on Saturday capped a