JEDDAH: A top aide to the US president launched a withering attack on Iran on Wednesday, ramping up the diplomatic pressure already applied by Donald Trump. Sanctions are devastating the economy, public opinion is

AMMAN: Israel announced plans on Wednesday for more than 1,000 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, some intended as “punishment” for Palestinian attacks. Of the 1,004 homes approved by a Defense Ministry committee,

UNITED NATIONS: The US, Britain and France vowed on the fifth anniversary of a chemical weapons attack that they blame on the Syrian government to take action as they have in the past against

People in India's flood-ravaged state of Kerala are facing a "great struggle to rebuild their lives", local officials have warned, as high waters that have killed hundreds of people and displaced more than a million others

Australia's political crisis has deepened as a government legislator said that he was planning a second challenge against the country's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Turnbull narrowly survived a vote of no confidence on Tuesday, when

Bahrain has stopped issuing new visas to Qataris, the interior ministry said late on Tuesday, in the latest salvo in a months-long feud between the Gulf states. The small island kingdom severed relations with

The United Nations has described the conflict in Yemen as one of "the worst humanitarian disasters in modern times". The civil war has left millions struggling to afford basic goods. It is estimated that

A newly printed currency has done little to stop hyperinflation in Venezuela. Businesses are closed, as they attempt to work out what to charge for goods, after the currency was devalued by 95 percent

JEDDAH: A top aide to the US president launched a withering attack on Iran on Wednesday, ramping up the diplomatic pressure already applied by Donald Trump. Sanctions are devastating the economy, public opinion is

JEDDAH: A top aide to the US president launched a withering attack on Iran on Wednesday, ramping up the diplomatic pressure already applied by Donald Trump. Sanctions are devastating the economy, public opinion is