Voters in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan are casting their ballots in the country's third general elections to decide which party will lead the young democracy for the next five years. A total

The Washington Post has published an opinion piece authored by disappeared Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in which he decried a lack of press freedom throughout the Arab world. Khashoggi, who was last seen entering Saudi Arabia's consulate in

An arsonist convicted of burning down a mosque in the United States last year has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for a crime prosecutors said was motivated by hate. Marq Perez,

Protests in Haiti have turned violent as anger grows over billions of dollars of missing funds that were meant to provide social care and improve public services. Haitians want to know how money from

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister-designate Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday he would present a new cabinet to parliament for approval next week.Abdul Mahdi was named by Iraq’s new President Barham Salih last month, and

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir on Wednesday appointed a peace envoy to South Sudan, mired in conflict since it won independence from its northern neighbor in 2011.Former ambassador to Juba, Jamal Al-Sheikh, was put

British Prime Minister Theresa May was "ready to consider" extending a transition phase after the United Kingdom formally leaves the European Union next year, according to officials.  May did not offer new ideas to

The Maldives' opposition asked police to bar President Abdulla Yameen from leaving the country hours after he announced plans to step down in the face of a likely defeat in a court case challenging

Harare, Zimbabwe - A new dispensation - a term you often hear on the streets of the capital - a progressive change now resting with Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The government says it's

Canada may have legalised recreational marijuana but executives of the country's booming pot industry need to be aware they are not exactly welcome south of the border in the United States. As the world's