A Pakistani anti-corruption court has jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for seven years on corruption charges. The court found on Monday the three-time prime minister was unable to prove the source of income

Fifty years ago, during the Christmas week, three American astronauts flew around the moon. The mission is considered to be NASA's boldest and perhaps most dangerous ever. That first voyage set the stage for

A deepening political crisis in Nicaragua has prompted President Daniel Ortega to crack down on his critics. He has expelled international monitors who had been documenting his government's alleged crimes that have killed more

Gaza Strip - For yet another year, Gaza's tiny Orthodox Christian minority will not be able to celebrate Christmas with a visit to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. With the ongoing Israeli siege

A man in northern Algeria has died after authorities spent nearly a week trying to rescue him from a 30-metre-deep well he had fallen into, civil defence officials said. Ayache Mahdjoubi from the city

It was just after 9pm on Saturday when Anak Krakatoa, a volcano located in the Sunda Strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra, erupted. Twenty-four minutes later, a devastating tsunami struck the

Beirut, Lebanon - A three-year-old Palestinian boy died after hospitals across Lebanon allegedly refused to provide him with a bed in an intensive care unit. Mohammed Wehbe suffered from a serious brain condition and

US President Donald Trump has said his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, informed him he will "eradicate whatever is left of Isis in Syria". In a tweet late on Sunday, Trump said that Erdogan "is

ARBIN, Syria: With Christmas approaching, Nabil Al-Aash dusts off religious books as he attempts to tidy up the war-scarred Saint George Church in the town of Arbin, northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus.Retaken in

ARBIN, Syria: With Christmas approaching, Nabil Al-Aash dusts off religious books as he attempts to tidy up the war-scarred Saint George Church in the town of Arbin, northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus.Retaken in