JERUSALEM: Israel’s military on Wednesday closed its probe into a deadly 2014 assault in Gaza that followed the capture of a soldier despite a rights group’s charge of possible war crimes.A military fact-finding mission

The chairman of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has said the state should take land without compensation from owners of more than 12,000 hectares. The remarks of Gwede Mantashe, who is a

The death toll brought on by floods, landslides and bridge collapses in India's monsoon-hit state of Kerala has jumped to 67, according to officials. Authorities in the southern state, which is home to 33 million

Seoul, South Korea - On a December day in 1950, at the height of civilian evacuations during the Korean War, Lee Geum Shim managed to carry her newborn daughter onto a ship at the

The people of Afghanistan have not known peace for a long time. In the 1980s, it was the conflict to end the Soviet occupation. In the 1990s, they had to contend with the brutal

Fast Facts Since 2015, the volume of trade between both has exceeded $4.4bn The total of Qatari investment in Turkey amounts to $8.2bn The total of investments and trade between both amounts to $15.7bn Source:

Sao Paulo, Brazil - Election season has officially started in Brazil and a record 13 candidates are due to register for October's presidential poll. They will face a tough task: trying to win over

At least 48 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in front of an education centre in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to the health ministry. Wednesday's attack in

Cambodia's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), led by long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen, has won all parliamentary seats in last month's largely unopposed general election, according to electoral officials. The CPP won in all

India's prime minister has revealed what is being billed as the world's largest government-funded health scheme. Narendra Modi says it will cover around half a billion people. But there're concerns that existing facilities won't