Yangon, Myanmar - Officials bribed and bullied voters, stuffed ballot boxes and pushed ahead with a May 2008 referendum on a new constitution despite the deadliest natural disaster in Myanmar's recorded history. For the

Bangladesh has told the United Nations Security Council it cannot take any more refugees from Myanmar, some 18 months after more than 700,000 Rohingya fled across the border amid a brutal military crackdown. Attacks on

DUBAI: Iran is one of the biggest threats in cyberspace, according to experts who warn that a global response is needed to repel its rising wave of cyberattacks on government and communications infrastructure worldwide.

LONDON: Britain on Thursday doubled its bilateral support funding to Jordan, pledging £650 million over five years. The UK government hosted a ministerial conference to promote growth and investment opportunities in Jordan, inviting a

NEW YORK: Palestinian leaders called on Thursday for Israel to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court after UN investigators accused Israeli security forces of unlawfully killing 189 Palestinians and injuring more than 6,100

An Australian state prosecutor has sent letters threatening to charge media organisations and dozens of journalists with breaching a gag order that banned reporting of Cardinal George Pell's convictions on child sexual abuse, lawyers

Bangladesh told the United Nations Security Council it cannot take any more refugees from Myanmar, some 18 months after more than 700,000 mainly Rohingya Muslims fled across the border amid a brutal military crackdown.

US President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance, the New York Times reported. Senior administration officials were troubled by the decision,

North Korea disputed US President Donald Trump's account of why the summit with Kim Jong Un collapsed, insisting Pyongyang demanded only partial sanctions relief in exchange for shutting down its main nuclear complex. The North's

Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir - The Indian government has banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in India-administered Kashmir for five years, accusing it of supporting an armed rebellion in the disputed region that is at the heart of an