The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $56bn loan package for Argentina to help stabilise the crisis-battered country's economy. The Washington-based body said on Friday that the approval released $5.7bn

AMMAN: Rescuers combed the shores of Jordan’s Dead Sea resort area early on Friday to find survivors after rain storms unleashed flash floods that killed at least 21 people, most of them school children

AMMAN: Rescuers combed the shores of Jordan’s Dead Sea resort area early on Friday to find survivors after rain storms unleashed flash floods that killed at least 21 people, most of them school children

Federal authorities have arrested one individual in connection with suspected explosives sent to top Democrats, former senior US officials and prominent critics of President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice said on Friday.  The

Spiralling inflation in Yemen has nearly doubled the cost of feeding a family, while at the same time halving incomes. Medicine prices have soared as well, with some people unable to buy any at

On October 25, a special joint session of both houses of the Ethiopian parliament accepted President Mulatu Teshome Wirtu's letter of resignation. The much-respected president's resignation was a surprise to many, yet it soon

Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said the fate of a controversial new airport in the country's capital will be decided by voters in a popular consultation that began on Thursday. The president-elect, who

Turkey has ramped up pressure on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, demanding Riyadh reveal who gave the order to kill the journalist in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.  "If you are determined

AMMAN: Rescuers combed the shores of Jordan’s Dead Sea resort area early on Friday to find survivors after rain storms unleashed flash floods that killed at least 20 people, most of them school children

China and Japan on Friday pledged to forge closer ties as both countries stood together at an "historic turning point", signing a broad range of agreements including a $30bn currency swap pact, amid rising