An explosion has hit an election rally in Afghanistan's northeastern Takhar province killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens, according to the Associated Press news agency. Official casualty figures are still awaited. A police

Thousands of migrant children have been taken to live in a tent city in the US state of Texas. The US government maintains that the children are being treated with dignity and respect, but

The UAE-backed separatists controlling Aden's international airport are refusing to let the state airline refuel or maintain its aircraft. Yemenia flights must make a 50-minute detour through neighbouring Djibouti to complete its three remaining

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday said his country will soon reopen its consulates in the Iraqi cities of Basra in the south and Mosul in the north, which were closed due

AMMAN: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has expressed concern about what it says are attempts by the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process to broker a deal between Israel and Hamas behind

BEIRUT: Aid agencies on Friday warned of dire humanitarian consequences if a Russia-Turkey deal to avert a regime assault on Syria’s last major opposition stronghold was not fully implemented within days. Regime ally Russia

The number of people killed after a river in eastern Uganda burst its banks, sending a torrent of mud and rocks barrelling into homes has risen to 41, disaster officials and survivors said. Rescue

One of the most significant foreign policy challenges the international community is currently facing is the denuclearisation of North Korea. The good news is that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un committed "to work

Living in the inhospitable area crisscrossed by the borders of Libya, Chad, Niger and Sudan, the Tebu - a non-Arab indigenous people - are experiencing an unprecedented cultural awakening, thanks to their first alphabet ever and

Former South African Foreign Minister Roelof "Pik" Botha, a key figure in the country's transition from the apartheid era to democracy, has died at the age of 86. Botha's son confirmed to local media on