UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has approved a resolution welcoming stepped up efforts to try to restart negotiations to end the 42-year conflict over the mineral-rich Western Sahara between Morocco and the Polisario

ISTANBUL, IRBIL: Turkey’s military carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing 23 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), it said on Twitter. The airstrikes targeted several regions in the neighboring

RAMALLAH: An Omani minister met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday and delivered a letter about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s surprise visit to the Gulf sultanate last week, official Palestinian media said.Yusuf bin

More than 200 defence and intelligence companies from 24 countries have displayed technological solutions to security threats at a Qatar event, aiming to sign contracts with the Gulf state. With Qatar making logistical and

This year's US midterm elections have already been historic. In the primaries, a record number of women, Native Americans, and Muslim candidates ran for office. And as Americans gear up for the November 6

Sri Lanka has plunged into a bitter power struggle after the surprise sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe by President Maithripala Sirisena. Wickremesinghe's replacement, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is a former president appointed by his successor and ex-rival

Switzerland has halted the delivery of spare weapon parts to Saudi Arabia, citing concern over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Fabian Maienfisch, spokesman of the economic affairs

The movement of a jailed Nigerian Shia religious leader said security forces had killed at least 42 of its members during two days of violent crackdowns on protests in the capital, Abuja. The Islamic

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN)The body of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered after he was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the chief prosecutor's office in Istanbul said Wednesday.This was

(CNN)Has the Trump administration had a sudden attack of humanitarianism? Perhaps it was struck by warnings of nationwide famine in Yemen? Or did it move to call for a ceasefire in southern Arabia out