Karachi, Pakistan - In the heart of Karachi's southern neighbourhood of Lyari, a cafe has given birth to, and shelters, dreams of many women of the area. At the Lyari Girls Cafe in Pakistan's

Ray Okech, 33, has gotten into trouble many times for doing his job as a journalist in South Sudan. Not one to shy away from covering political, human rights or corruption stories, Okech has

After public outcry, the United States has granted a visa waiver to a Yemeni woman whose dying son is on life support in the US, the family's lawyer said on Tuesday. Shaima Swileh is

On May 22, 2017, a 22-year-old Manchester-born man of Libyan descent detonated a home-made bomb at a pop concert. Twenty-three people, including the attacker, were killed. The attack came 16 years after the declaration

The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, and has made them illegal to possess beginning in late March. The devices

The World Trade Organization said it would investigate Qatar's allegations of intellectual property breaches against Saudi Arabia, dismissing Riyadh's objection over what it said were national security concerns.  A Geneva trade official said on

Russia, Iran and Turkey, supporters of the main sides in Syria's complex civil war, on Tuesday failed to agree on the makeup of a UN-sponsored Syrian constitutional committee but called for it to convene

A US judge fiercely criticised President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday for lying to FBI agents and delayed sentencing to ensure Flynn cooperates fully with an investigation into possible

It is hoped to be the starting point to ending nearly four years of civil war in Yemen. A ceasefire has begun in Hodeidah, the port city that is the main gateway for the

GENEVA: Russia, Iran and Turkey are nearing agreement on the composition of a Syria committee that could pave the way for the drafting of a new constitution and for elections after a devastating civil