NEAR BAGHOUZ, SYRIA: US-backed forces in eastern Syria scrambled on Wednesday to extract more families from the last sliver of Daesh’s proto-state before delivering a final blow to holdout militants. Several thousand people — fighters

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif signed two agreements in Tehran with Armenia, television footage showed, continuing his duties as Iran's top diplomat after President Hassan Rouhani rejected his resignation.In a ceremony broadcast live

Venezuela's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the United States was trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro and that his country had lost $30bn in assets "confiscated" since November 2017 under sanctions.

Silikot, Uri, India-administered Kashmir - Silikot is the last village along the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border dividing Kashmir into two parts, each administered by India and Pakistan. The

French sports goods chain Decathlon has cancelled plans to sell a sports version of the Muslim headscarf in France after politicians, including a minister, threatened a boycott. Xavier Rivoire, Decathlon's head of communications, told the RTL broadcaster

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has added a series of decrees to the year-long state of emergency that he declared earlier. The decrees banned gatherings and protests without a permit and increase police powers amid

One of the world’s newest orchestras, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, has celebrated its 10th anniversary. The orchestra has a busy year scheduled, with performances both abroad and at home in Doha, where it has

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Airlines, also known as Saudia, on Wednesday suspended all flights to Pakistan in response to increased military tensions between India and its neighbor over Kashmir. “It is a standard procedure that we

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister says his country could help repatriate captured Daesh group fighters to their countries if asked.At his weekly presser late Tuesday, Adel Abdul-Mahdi says Iraq would put on trial foreign fighters

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister says his country could help repatriate captured Daesh group fighters to their countries if asked.At his weekly presser late Tuesday, Adel Abdul-Mahdi says Iraq would put on trial foreign fighters