BAGHDAD: Iraq’s most powerful Shiite cleric joined criticism on Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s plan to keep US troops in Iraq to counter Iran. Iraq wants good relations with all its neighbors “based on

JERUSALEM, RAMALLAH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s toughest election rival voiced openness on Wednesday to a future removal of settlements from the occupied West Bank, sparking debate over diplomacy with the Palestinians as a US

Inspired by a similar crackdown in the Philippines, the president of Sri Lanka has said a decades-old moratorium on the death penalty will end within months with the hanging of drug convicts. In comments made to parliament

The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the United Nations has confirmed, in an analysis that it said was a "clear sign of continuing long-term climate change". The world

Testimony by US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen before the House Intelligence Committee has been postponed until later this month, the panel said on Wednesday, the latest snag over an appearance by

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the World Bank Group should be led by US Treasury official David Malpass, a Trump loyalist and critic of multilateral institutions who has vowed to pursue

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that negotiations with the United States were possible if it "repents" and ends hostile policies towards his country. Relations between Washington and Tehran have hit rock bottom

CAIRO: Egyptian opposition parties have formed a coalition against proposed changes to the constitution that would allow President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to stay in office well beyond the end of his current term in 2022, two

BEIRUT: Doctors at two Cairo hospitals will pin blue ribbon badges to the clothing of newborn baby girls on Wednesday as they launch a campaign to persuade parents in Egypt to “say no to female

ALGIERS: No matter who wins Algeria’s presidential election, 29-year-old cardiologist Moumen Mohamed plans to seek his fortune elsewhere. He is one of a growing number of young, educated Algerians who are looking for work in