AMMAN: As a country with a budget depending mostly on loans and foreign assistance, and hosting millions of refugees, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan finds itself with no other option but to wage a

Some call it a sea, others a lake. For decades its status has been questioned. Five countries - Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan - now agree the Caspian Sea, as it is commonly

Opposition leader Soumaila Cisse says he will reject the results of Mali's presidential runoff vote, urging people in the country "to rise up". Sunday's poll, which was marked by a low turnout amid security concerns

Italy has called on the United Kingdom to take in 141 migrants aboard a charity-run rescue boat in the Mediterranean, two days after denying safe harbour to the Gibraltar-flagged vessel. The Aquarius, run by SOS

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Seoul/Jeju, South Korea - Ko Minja has yet to meet one of the 550-plus Yemeni asylum seekers who arrived on South Korea's Jeju island earlier this year, or visit any of the areas they are living. Still,

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Lyris Solis Gonzalez didn't realise her classes had been cancelled when she turned up at the University of Engineering (UNI) in Nicaragua's capital Managua on April 19. Until then, the 19-year-old architecture student didn't

On July 17, footage emerged online of masked men hoisting a red-and-black flag emblazoned with the letters FSLN in what they said was Monimbo, a neighbourhood in the south Nicaraguan city of Masaya.  "Long

At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions.  On Monday, the Oromia