DUBAI: Forty years ago today, Iran’s then-shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, fled the country after a 37-year reign, in the first stage of a revolution that would replace 2,500 years of monarchy with an Islamic

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said all the gunmen behind Nairobi hotel complex attack have been killed and the 17-hour hostage crisis is over. In a national television address, Kenyatta said on Wednesday 14 civilians died

Filmmaker: Bilal Yousef Eeking out a living as a taxi driver in the Middle East is not for the faint-hearted, especially for Palestinian cabbies in Jerusalem. "It's exhausting, kind of humiliating," says Salah Najib, a

Islamabad, Pakistan - United States Special Envoy on Afghan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, is due to arrive in the Pakistani capital Islamabad for talks with the country's civilian and military leadership, as the Afghan Taliban threaten to

A day after British MPs voted down her preferred deal for Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May faces a no-confidence vote put forward by opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. The Conservative leader is likely

Syria's Kurds on Wednesday rejected a US proposal for a "security zone" under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two countries' border. Russia, meanwhile, said only its ally, the Syrian military, should

Melbourne, Australia (CNN)It's all kicking off in Australian men's tennis. Again. And no, it isn't Nick Kyrgios at the center of the brouhaha. Rather, it's another player who has made headlines for the wrong

(CNN)Her domination has forced the wider sporting world to take notice, and now Mikaela Shiffrin has done it again. The 23-year-old continued her remarkable romp towards a third straight World Cup overall title with

San Francisco (CNN Business)For Amazon, getting Alexa's new security-guard feature to work meant literally breaking a lot of windows.In December, the company started inviting Amazon Echo users to try out Alexa Guard, a new

Hong Kong (CNN Business)Traffic used to be a frequent headache for residents in Hangzhou, the eastern Chinese city that's home to Alibaba.The metropolis of 7 million people once ranked fifth among China's most congested