Hyperinflation, power cuts and shortages of food and medicine. The economic crisis has driven millions of Venezuelans out of the country. Nicolas Maduro's critics blame him for the dire situation, and yet he has

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called Venezuela's government under President Nicolas Maduro "illegitimate" as Washington steps up its call for an "orderly transition" to a new government. "The Maduro regime is illegitimate

In Brazil, a state governor is refusing to back down on his prison reforms - despite retaliation from organised criminal gangs. Prisons built to hold captured gang members have instead become centres of power

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei has said it has terminated the employment of a Chinese worker arrested on spying allegations in Poland. Wang Weijing was arrested for "personal reasons", the company said in a

Pompeo: US relationship with Saudi Arabia is essential to Middle East’s stability and security LONDON: The United States' relationship with Saudi Arabia is essential to the Middle East’s stability and security, US Secretary of State

LONDON: The United States' relationship with Saudi Arabia is essential to the Middle East’s stability and security, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday.  The US secretary of state told Al Arabiya that America wants an Arab

HODEIDAH: Clashes erupted between Houthi militia and government forces in Yemen’s flashpoint port city of Hodeidah on Saturday, dealing a new blow to a fragile truce, an AFP correspondent reported.Artillery and machine-gun exchanges rocked

Hyperinflation, power cuts and shortages of food and medicine. The economic crisis has driven millions of Venezuelans out of the country. Nicolas Maduro's critics blame him for the dire situation – and yet he’s

Martin Fayulu, who came second in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's presidential election last month, has appealed to the Constitutional Court to cancel the provisional result. "The request seeks the annulment of the result

Rahaf Alqunun, the 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family saying she feared for her life, has landed in Canada, after being granted asylum in the North American country. Alqunun was welcomed by Canada's