BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say four anti-government protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces overnight in Baghdad. The security and hospital officials said on Thursday that one protester was killed when security forces

DUBAI: Iran handed over the state’s Yemen embassy to the Houthi militia which have resulted to criticisms, state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday. The Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemned Iran’s step

A prominent rights activist has been shot dead in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, with security officials suggesting she was hit by a stray bullet. Almaas Elman Ali, who came from a leading family of peace

As security forces and the supporters of former President Evo Morales clashed at an El Alto fuel plant, at least eight people were killed. This has exposed deep rifts between Morales' mostly indigenous supporters

TEHRAN: Iranians have defeated the “enemy’s conspiracy,” President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, after days of violent demonstrations across the country sparked by a petrol price hike.“Our people have been victorious against ... the enemy’s

DUBAI: After long summer months of dry spells, the Gulf region now faces unstable weather, with rain storms predicted this week. Schools in the United Arab Emirates were to be shut on Wednesday due

In Guinea, hundreds of women have taken part in a rally to demand justice for their children who were killed in opposition protests. For more than a month, thousands have been demonstrating against a

Over the past few days, Tropical Storm Kalmaegi has been heading towards Luzon island, bringing very heavy rainfall to the northeast of the Philippines. The storm, which is known locally as Ramon, made landfall in

DUBAI: US comments effectively abandoning its 40-year old stance that Israel’s right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank were inconsistent with international law drew widespread condemnation on Tuesday. The UN Human

DUBAI: US comments effectively abandoning its 40-year old stance that Israel’s right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank were inconsistent with international law drew widespread condemnation on Tuesday. Saudi Cabinet says