Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the country will attempt to launch its first manned space mission by 2022. Modi made the announcement during a speech commemorating India's Independence Day on Wednesday. "India will send

A Bahraini man's hunger strike against his father's "torturous" life sentence in the Gulf state has entered its third week in London. Ali Mushaima, the son of jailed Bahraini opposition leader Hassan Mushaima, has already

Israel reopened the Karam Abu Salem border crossing, known as Kerem Shalom in Israel, the primary passageway that transfers necessities to residents of the besieged Gaza Strip. The lifting of the closure on Wednesday will

The death toll in a major bridge collapse reached 38 in Italy and could rise further on Wednesday as rescue teams searched the vast concrete debris for any survivors.   A 50-metre section of the Morandi Bridge

BAGHDAD: Failure by Iraq to comply fully with tough new US economic sanctions against Iran would be insane, analysts told Arab News on Tuesday.Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi risked incurring US wrath after contradicting

Somali-American legislator Ilhan Omar neared another first by winning the Democratic primary in a congressional race. Omar, who drew national attention just two years ago by becoming the first Somali-American elected to a state

It is believed that at least 30 abducted journalists are being held in Syria, and among them is American freelance journalist Austin Tice, who was kidnapped six years ago. His family, friends and colleagues

An Australian politician was widely criiticised on Wednesday after demanding "a final solution" to immigration while calling for a return to the White Australia policy that favoured "European Christians".  Queensland state Senator Fraser Anning

Filmmaker: Khalid Zairi Morocco's key natural resources include phosphates, zinc, manganese and iron ore. The mining industry is important to the national economy and its products highly sought abroad. Moroccan truck drivers Ibrahim Tabii

Rome, Italy - The death toll in a major bridge collapse reached 35 in Genoa and could rise further on Wednesday as rescue teams searched the vast concrete debris for any survivors.   A 50-metre section