Yemen's government issued an arrest warrant for al-Mahra province's former deputy governor, saying he was destabilising the region with calls for protests against the Saudi-Emirati military coalition. Ali bin Salem al-Huraizy allegedly used social media

The president of Argentina's central bank has resigned amid negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail the South American country out of its volatile economic crisis. Luis Caputo abruptly quit on Tuesday

Bahrain has detained and accused 169 people of forming "Bahrain's Hezbollah", a local version of the armed Shia group based in Lebanon.  The announcement follows scores of arrests and harsh penalties imposed in the Western-allied

Kurds split on next Iraqi president and throw government formation into further turmoil BAGHDAD: Iraq’s main Kurdish political forces have failed to agree on a candidate for the post of president, highlighting the depth

RABAT: Morocco’s navy on Tuesday fired on a boat carrying migrants which refused to respond to its orders, leaving a Moroccan woman dead and three other people wounded, local officials said.The patrol was “forced”

RABAT: Morocco’s navy on Tuesday fired on a boat carrying migrants which refused to respond to its orders, leaving a Moroccan woman dead and three other people wounded, local officials said.The patrol was “forced”

Three Indian police officers were suspended on Tuesday after a video, showing one of them thrashing a young woman over her alleged relationship with a Muslim man, went viral. In the video, a woman

US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani clashed sharply at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, with the former urging the international community to isolate Tehran from global trade, and the

When it was signed in 2015, the Iran nuclear agreement was hailed as a landmark deal. But with the US withdrawal earlier this year and threats of punishing those who do business with Tehran,

Voters in the Maldives delivered a stunning defeat for President Abdulla Yameen in a contentious presidential election on Sunday, an outcome regarded as a victory for democracy over authoritarianism in the Indian Ocean island