Israel's foreign ministry has reactivated a "virtual embassy" aimed at promoting dialogue with the Gulf countries. First launched in mid-2013, the embassy had been active on Twitter for less than a year before going offline

GENEVA: A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded after armed men blew up a tanker truck carrying liquified gas in northwestern Iran early on Wednesday, Mehr news agency reported.Police approached two men at

BAGHDAD: Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an outspoken critic of foreign interference in

BAGHDAD: Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an outspoken critic of foreign interference in

Bangasmoro, a new autonomous region in Mindanao could be expanded further if an indigenous tribe votes on whether to join it. But they want to make sure that the rulers of the southern Philippines

As night fell on the bucolic northern Indian hamlet of Mahaban, Gopi Chand Yadav gathered blankets and a flashlight to spend the night sitting on a wooden platform in his field. His task: to

Hospitals in rebel-held areas of northern Syria are struggling due to a lack of funds. International help has slowed because donors are wary of control by fighters linked to al-Qaeda. Despite that, a group

At least 14 people have been killed and seven others are missing following two landslides in Bolivia, according to the national police chief, Romulo Delgado. Torrential rain caused the landslides on the road linking

Filmmakers: Omayma Naklah and Mohammad Rahahleh For thousands of years, two famous rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, made Iraq one of the most fertile regions in the Middle East. Often called "the cradle of

New Delhi, India - A grim-faced young man rustles up a quick egg snack on a pushcart at a quiet residential corner in a suburb of the Indian capital, New Delhi, as he meticulously enquires about