Kinshasa, DRC - An armed militia overrun several polling stations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as millions went to the polls to elect a new president. Maimai fighters attacked voting stations in six townships in

Almost three months after the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in his country's consulate in Istanbul, a new book reveals further details about the murder, the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah reported. Titled "Diplomatic

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has authorised Iraqi forces to attack ISIL targets inside his country without waiting for permission from authorities in Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA said. The development comes as the

An Afghan official said that presidential elections, which were originally scheduled for coming April, will be held on July 20 next year. The polls were postponed to allow time to fix technical problems that

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the "daughter of democracy" to her supporters and an authoritarian to her critics. She has been in and out of power for decades in her country and she is

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a third consecutive term in office in an election contested by the opposition. The leader of the Jatiya Oikya Front - the main opposition alliance - dubbed

Israel says it has filed a complaint to Jordan over a picture of a Jordanian government minister stepping on an image of the Israeli flag. Jumana Ghuneimat, minister of state for information, was pictured

Fifteen people suspected of links to the murder of two Scandinavian women in the Atlas Mountains have appeared before a judge in Morocco. The attorney general's office in Rabat said in a statement on

SANAA: The United Nations has cast doubt on the claims by the Houthis to have withdrawn from the port of Hodeidah, saying such steps can only be credible if all other parties can verify them. A

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas on Saturday denied an allegation by Egypt’s deposed president Hosni Mubarak that it infiltrated hundreds of men across the border during the 2011 uprising.Mubarak took to