The Macedonian parliament has amended the constitution to rename the country as the Republic of Northern Macedonia. Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev secured the required majority in parliament on Friday that was needed to

Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, who barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room earlier this week in a bid to stave off deportation to the kingdom, has been granted asylum by Canada, Prime

On Thursday, friends, politicians and human-rights activists gathered to remember Jamal Khashoggi, 100 days after the Saudi journalist was killed. A vigil was organised at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, where Khashoggi was murdered

Mexican authorities said on Friday that five attackers have died in a clash with soldiers in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, bringing the state's death toll in two days of presumed gang-related violence

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian woman as thousands demonstrated along the Gaza Strip's perimeter fence, according to Gaza's health ministry. The spokesperson for the ministry, Ashraf al-Qedra, said 43-year-old Amal al-Taramsi

Turkey orders arrest of more than 100 military personnel over suspected Gulen ties ISTANBUL: Turkey ordered the arrest of more than 100 soldiers and former military students over suspected links to the network of

DUBAI: The UN envoy to Yemen said he was “alarmed” over the escalation of violence after a rebel drone attack on the country’s largest air base killed six loyalist soldiers. In tweets posted overnight

DUBAI: Attendees to the papal mass in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 5 can now register online, a Catholic church body in the region has announced. Residents from the UAE, Oman and Yemen who would

The United States plans to jointly host a global summit focused on Iran and the Middle East next month in Poland, the US State Department has said. The international gathering will take place in

Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) losing presidential candidate Martin Fayulu has announced he would file a court challenge to the election results, with his camp announcing he had won 62 percent of the vote. Campaign