The Center for American Progress (CAP) says it will no longer accept funding from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), days after two staffers were reportedly fired for leaking an email exchange that suggested improper

A violent crackdown continued in Zimbabwe as rights groups alleged women had been raped during house-to-house searches, while the government criticised a report by its own rights commission that said security forces had used

Qatar will face the United Arab Emirates at the semi-finals of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup on Tuesday, the first meeting between the two Gulf nations since the start of a major diplomatic crisis in

Football's world governing body FIFA has urged Thailand to release a Bahraini football player who is in detention awaiting extradition proceedings, despite having refugee status in Australia.  In a letter addressed to Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha,

Abdul Ghani Baradar, one of Taliban's cofounders, has been named as the leader of its political office in Qatar amid talks with the United States to end the 17-year war. Baradar is expected to

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The United States on Friday intensified its push to drive Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, as US diplomats left the embassy in Caracas and Russia vowed to back its South American ally. US

The US Senate and House of Representatives voted unanimously on Friday to end a 35-day partial federal government shutdown with legislation to temporarily fund many agencies, but without the $5.7bn President Donald Trump had

Cucuta, Colombia - William Romero queued with thousands of other Venezuelans in Colombia's Cucuta on Friday, waiting for a free meal at a church kitchen. He arrived at 8am, but didn't make the cut,

Qatar's preparations for hosting the 2022 football World Cup are not being hindered by a blockade imposed on it by some of its Gulf neighbours amid a major diplomatic crisis, according to the head