The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Japan's Hokkaido Island last week has risen to 44, with 660 others injured. Around 2,500 people remain in evacuation centres after the tremor on Thursday,

Updated 10 September 2018 September 09, 2018 00:00 0 Suspected US drone strike kills 4 Al-Qaeda members in Yemen Updated 10 September 2018 AP September 09, 2018 00:00 SANAA, Yemen: Yemeni tribal leaders say

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has invited the opposition to talks aimed at a "cross-bloc cooperation", after his left-wing party failed to gain majority in Sunday's elections that saw anti-immigrant party making gains. The

Blasts were heard at the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in the Libyan capital on Monday morning and a security operation is under way at the building, a witness told Reuters news

Construction has begun on a town solely for female police officers in the Afghan capital Kabul. There are about 3,000 female officers in the country, just two percent of the total force. Security officials

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been released on bail and placed under house arrest after spending more than a year in prison on widely decried treason charges. The decision to grant bail to

Save the Children has reported that the use of hunger as a weapon of war is on the rise. According to the charity, 4.5 million children in the world's 10 worst conflict zones, including

Rival Shiite factions trade blame for who drove the burning of buildings in Basra BAGHDAD: The discovery of four bodies dumped in a street in central Basra on Saturday morning sent shockwaves through the

Rival Shiite factions trade blame for who drove the burning of buildings in Basra BAGHDAD: The discovery of four bodies dumped in a street in central Basra on Saturday morning sent shockwaves through the

GENEVA: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has recommended that thousands of refugees who escaped from detention centers amid clashes between militia in Tripoli be directed to a facility in the capital to help them