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

Between 20,000 and 30,000 members of ISIL remain in Iraq and Syria despite the armed group's defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its ranks, according to a new United Nations report. Released

Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi says he will submit a bill to parliament granting women and men equal inheritance rights, in line with a proposal put forward by a government-backed committee. A report by the

Iranian designated ‘global terrorist’ by US for subversive activities in Bahrain LONDON: The US Department of State designated Iran-based Qassim Abdullah Ali Ahmed as a global terrorist on Monday, according to a statement. Also

SHEBAA, Lebanon: Dozens of Syrian refugees left Lebanon by bus on Monday in the latest of a wave of returns to their war-torn country, Lebanese authorities said.An AFP photographer in the southern town of

TUNIS: Tunisia’s president on Monday proposed giving women equal inheritance rights despite protests from thousands of people objecting to any challenge to Islamic law.The North African Muslim country, which toppled autocrat Zine El Abidine

Authorities in the United Kingdom have vowed to eliminate rough sleeping in England within the next decade as part of efforts to end a recent surge in the number of people living homeless. In a

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has contradicted his recent reluctant commitment to abide by renewed US sanctions on Iran, saying his government only committed to not using dollars in transactions with Tehran. Al-Abadi's remarks

Large crowds of Yemenis vented anger against Saudi, UAE and US on Monday as they took part in a mass funeral for children killed in an air raid by the Saudi-UAE led coalition in