BASRA, Iraq: About 150 protesters gathered at the main entrance to Iraq's giant Nahr Bin Omar oilfield in the southern oil hub of Basra on Sunday, police said, amid growing unrest in southern cities

Japan is bracing for a "very strong" typhoon, with authorities warning of high waves, floods and landslides, including in areas hit by deadly flooding earlier this year. Typhoon Jebi, which at one stage was

At least six people were killed in a  bombing of a local government office building in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, officials say. The suicide attack on Sunday destroyed the building, causing a nearby school to

United States' decision to cut funding for the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) is "an evident politicization of humanitarian aid", according to the organisation's commissioner-general. UNRWA, which says it provides services to more than

Athens, Greece - Each morning, Dimitris Chalkitos wakes up, scans the internet for job openings and sends his resume to potential employers. He then walks around Sourmena, the beachside Athens suburb where he lives,

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an end to all weapons sales to Saudi Arabia following the bombing of a school bus last month that killed 51 people, including 40 children. The rights

DUBAI: Iran plans to boost its ballistic and cruise missile capacity and acquire modern fighter planes and submarines, the Iranian state news agency IRNA quoted a senior Defense Ministry official as saying on Saturday.News

PARIS: The US, France, Italy and Britain have condemned what they called an escalation of violence in and around the Libyan capital Tripoli, warning that armed groups which undermined Libyan stability would be made accountable.

BEIRUT: A blast killed at least one person in a region of north Syria controlled by Turkey-backed Syrian opposition groups, a witness and a war monitor said on Saturday. The explosion in Azaz was caused

Nano is one of many coca cultivators in southern Colombia.  He lives with his wife and three children in a small coca-producing village in the department of Narino. Most farmers like Nano don't necessarily