JERUSALEM: A retired Israeli Army general hit by US sanctions for alleged involvement in the South Sudan conflict denied the charges on Sunday, saying they were based on false information and that he was

NICOSIA: Jail time, angry mobs and assassination attempts — editor Sener Levent has paid a price for challenging Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and authorities in breakaway northern Cyprus through his tiny newspaper. Alongside

NICOSIA: Jail time, angry mobs and assassination attempts — editor Sener Levent has paid a price for challenging Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and authorities in breakaway northern Cyprus through his tiny newspaper. Alongside

Hamas chief Ismail Haniya affirmed his willingness to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "at any place" to discuss the internal Palestinian divide. Haniya's remarks came in a speech on Sunday during a festival organised

North Koreans mark the seventh anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il with visits on Monday to statues and vows of loyalty to his son and successor, Kim Jong Un. Tens of

Over 800 million people live in hunger-stricken areas. The majority of those live in conflict zones. Ensuring quantity and quality of water for survival, but also for food production in the context of agricultural

UK's Prime Minister Theresa May has accused former British leader Tony Blair of insulting Brexit voters by trying to undermine her negotiations with the European Union. May said in a statement issued late on

Qatar has signed an agreement with the United Nations to provide shelter to more than 26,000 displaced people from war-torn Yemen. The $3m deal was signed on Sunday between the Qatar Development Fund, Qatar Charity, and the UN High Commissioner

DUBAI: Iranian authorities have confirmed the death of a social media activist jailed on security charges, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday, after Western rights groups said he had died following a

DUBAI: Iranian authorities have confirmed the death of a social media activist jailed on security charges, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday, after Western rights groups said he had died following a