ANKARA: A Turkish court on Monday placed three railway workers in pre-trial detention after they were accused of negligence leading to last week’s fatal rail crash in Ankara.Nine people were killed and almost 90

HAJJIN: Burnt-out cars, craters and collapsed buildings dot the side of a road in the Syrian village of Hajjin, after US-backed forces expelled Daesh. The sound of mortar fire and flying bullets resounded inside Hajjin

Beijing, China - In October 1978, China's late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping paid his first official visit to Japan. After being shown around the steel, automobile and electronic factories, Deng was apparently so mesmerised

President Xi Jinping is giving a keynote speech marking 40 years since China's economy opened up to the rest of the world, in a move that has transformed the world's most popular country into a global

A United Nations-brokered ceasefire deal has come into effect in the strategic Yemeni city of Hodeidah, but reports say sporadic fighting is still taking place in the embattled port. After a week of consultations

London, United Kingdom - British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced members of parliament will vote on her widely criticised Brexit deal in the week beginning January 14 next year. In a statement to parliament

Turkey may launch a new military operation in northern Syria at any moment, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding US President Donald Trump had given a positive response to Turkey's plans. Erdogan's remarks on Monday came days after

"It's horrific" says photographer Michael Wolf, describing scenes from his "Tokyo Compression" photo series.The images -- nameless faces pressed up against windows, their expressions frozen in visible discomfort, the glass around them wet with

Speaking up for the mother tongue: How Arabic is being retooled for the 21st century DUBAI: Far from being in decline, the Arabic language could surge in popularity if governments bring teaching techniques into

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest, Yair, tweeted on Sunday that Facebook blocked his page for 24 hours over apparent anti-Muslim posts and called the leading social network a “dictatorship.”In a message posted Thursday