WASHINGTON: US commanders planning for the withdrawal of US troops from Syria are recommending that Kurdish fighters battling Daesh be allowed to keep US-supplied weapons, four US officials said, a move that would likely

Polling stations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) long-delayed election have opened, two years after they were first scheduled to be held. Voting stations opened at 5am (04:00 GMT) on Sunday and

Dhaka, Bangladesh - Millions of Bangladeshis headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament amid concerns from rights groups over a "restrictive electoral environment". Polling stations opened at 8am local time

Bangladesh's telecoms regulator has ordered mobile operators to shut down high-speed mobile internet services until midnight Sunday, the day of a national election. The measure is effective immediately, a spokesman for the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said on Saturday. "The

A new small arms survey has estimated that there are 750,000 pistols and rifles in private hands in Kenya, more than the police and military combined. Experts say the sheer volume of guns is

A new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and government forces is due to begin on Saturday. It's one of the several ceasefires since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 in violation

Dhaka, Bangladesh - Millions of Bangladeshis head to polling stations to vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections amid concerns expressed by rights bodies over "restrictive electoral environment". Voting started at 8 am local time (0200

A roadside bomb near Cairo has destroyed a bus carrying 14 Vietnamese tourists. The government has posted the photos of 30 "suspected militants" killed by security forces in the Giza district and said an

Kinshasa, DRC - Millions of voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo will head to the polls tomorrow to choose a successor to long-time President Joseph Kabila. President Kabila is stepping down after ruling the

Dhaka, Bangladesh - The opposition alliance in Bangladesh has accused the government of arresting its leaders and supporters before Sunday's parliamentary elections. Jatiya Oikya Front (National Unity Front) has cast doubt on the impartiality of