Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader.  Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election

The US trade deficit surged to a 10-year high in 2018, with the politically sensitive shortfall with China hitting a record peak, despite the Trump administration slapping tariffs on a range of imported goods

Asylum seekers who are allowed to leave Australian-run migrant camps in Pacific nations to get medical treatment will be sent to a prison-like facility on a remote Australian island, the prime minister has said. 

DUBAI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Wednesday of plotting to use economic pressure to overthrow the Islamic republic’s clerical establishment, and ruled out the possibility of talks with Washington. “Iran

DUBAI: Russia aims to strengthen relations with Gulf countries, the country’s  Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Kuwait on Wednesday. “Russia and Saudi Arabia seek to fight terrorism in Syria,” Lavrov said during a

WASHINGTON: The US has sanctioned Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, a radical militia group of about 10,0000 fighters, as well as its leader Akram Kaabi, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. Active in Iraq and Syria,

Turkey and Iran will carry out a joint operation against the Kurdish rebels, according to Ankara's interior minister. Turkey has battled the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) for decades, while the Iranian security forces have also

A US teenager who got vaccinated in defiance of his mother's wishes has appeared before a congressional committee to defend the national immunisation programme. More Americans are refusing to get their children inoculated against

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed a joint project with China to use artificial rain in order to reduce air pollution in Seoul. Pollution levels across the Korean Peninsula have soared in recent

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - The narrow alleyways winding down along pale buildings and maharaja's "havelis" or king's palaces are the pride of the old city's residents.  Decrepit yet stately buildings scratched by time