The International Committee of the Red Cross says nearly one million Ethiopians have been forced to flee their homes after a surge in local violence. Fighting between the Oromo and Gedeo people has been

ANKARA: Talks between Ankara and Moscow over the fate of Idlib province, the last opposition-held stronghold in Syria, have intensified over the last two weeks, with senior Turkish and Russian officials holding several critical meetings.

GENEVA: Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike in prison on Saturday, she announced in a note posted on her husband’s Facebook page.Sotoudeh said she was launching her protest over

GENEVA: Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike in prison on Saturday, she announced in a note posted on her husband’s Facebook page.Sotoudeh said she was launching her protest over

Idlib, Syria - Nearly three million Syrians living in the northwestern province of Idlib are bracing for a possible government assault, which neighbouring Turkey has warned would result in a large-scale humanitarian disaster. Idlib is

Algerian authorities have announced the death of a second person in a recent cholera outbreak that has left dozens hospitalised. The latest fatality, like the first one, was a resident of Boufarik, a town

The World Bank will provide $1bn in direct budget support to Ethiopia in the next few months, the prime minister has said, more than 13 years after the body and other donors suspended budgetary

Saudi Arabia has reportedly delayed its plans to list shares of its state-owned oil company Aramco on the stock market. Media reports say the initial public offering (IPO), scheduled for 2018, has been postponed

Concerns are growing over the physical and psychological health of scores of migrants and refugees stranded for a 10th day aboard an Italian coastguard ship, after 16 were reportedly taken off for medical reasons. 

GENEVA: Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike in prison on Saturday, she announced in a note posted on her husband’s Facebook page.Sotoudeh said she was launching her protest over