A Bangladesh opposition stalwart was jailed in absentia for three years on Wednesday for threatening the prime minister in what his party said was another example of government critics being muzzled.  Thousands of opposition activists

The No 2 official at the United States State Department faced off Wednesday with senators demanding to know why he didn't know more about the Trump administration's backchannel diplomacy with Ukraine and the dismissal

NAJAF: The Iraqi cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr joined thousands of demonstrators in the holy city of Najaf on Tuesday amid a spiralling political crisis sparked by deadly anti-government protests.At least 240 people have died and

AMMAN:Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations in protest at Israel’s refusal to heed its demands to release two citizens it said were illegally detained for months without charges, the kingdom’s foreign minister

Legislators in the UK Parliament have signed off on holding a pre-Christmas general election following months of deadlock over Brexit. MPs voted 438 to 20 on Tuesday in favour of a December 12 snap

Guinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz has fired the country's prime minister and named a new one, intensifying a bitter power struggle between him and the ruling party before next month's presidential poll. But in

WASHINGTON: US authorities have disposed of the remains of Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and have no plans to release photos or videos of his death at this time, the chairman of the US

ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Kurdish YPG forces have not fully withdrawn from a strip of northeastern Syria under a Russia-brokered accord that is about to expire, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Monday, as Ankara prepared to discuss

BBC journalist Samira Ahmed has launched a legal challenge against her employers, saying she was paid a fraction of the wage earned by a male colleague doing a "very similar job". The presenter started

London, United Kingdom - Brussels served the Brexit ball back into Britain's court on Monday morning by offering a three-month "flextension" - in an apparent setback for the Conservative prime minister, who had pledged to