The UN migration agency says that more than 63,000 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in 2018. Forty-two percent of them have arrived in Spain, but many others who undertake the treacherous

Egypt has rolled out a new law that allows authorities, through a judge, to order the blocking of websites that "constitute a threat" to the state, as well as jail or fine those who run them. The

Out of the 67 coups in 26 African countries in the last 50 years, 61 percent took place in former French colonies. Fifty percent of the monetary reserves of 14 African countries are still today under full French

The death toll in Italy's bridge collapse has gone up to 41 after three more bodies were found under the rubble by rescue workers, Italian media reported. On Friday night, remains of a family,

For 13 years, a tobacco factory in Sulayminyah, Iraq, lay abandoned. There was talk of re-opening it. Then talk of demolishing it. But now, there are plans to transform the 26-hectare compound into a

Mexico's president-elect says the fate of a controversial new $13bn airport will be decided by a referendum. The vote will take place in October. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made the project one of the

Protesters in Kathmandu have said a new citizenship bill treats women as second-class citizens. Nepal's parliament is debating a bill that could make it difficult for women to pass on their citizenship to their

The once-thriving tourism industry in Nicaragua has completely collapsed. The recent unrest in the Central American country has meant tourists are staying away. Since April, hundreds of people have been killed in protests against

The collapse of the Turkish lira was a big worry for investors around the globe this week. The currency crisis came to a head after a feud with the world's biggest economy, the United

DUBAI: Iran’s navy has mounted a locally built advanced defensive weapons system on one of its warships for the first time, the Iranian navy chief was quoted as saying on Saturday, as tensions mount