DUBAI: A fire ripped through a factory at an industrial area in southern Dubai, according to reports from two Dubai government agencies. Firefighters were still at the scene after the blaze broke out at

Turkey orders arrest of more than 100 military personnel over suspected Gulen ties ISTANBUL: Turkey ordered the arrest of more than 100 soldiers and former military students over suspected links to the network of

Yangon, Myanmar - The families of two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after uncovering a massacre in Rakhine state were once again left devastated on Friday when a court rejected the pair's appeal to

Anata, occupied West Bank - A newly-opened highway in the occupied West Bank has been hailed by Israelis but condemned by Palestinians, who are calling it the "Apartheid Road".  It's the first operational section of

Friday marks the 21st day of the partial US government shutdown, same as the previous longest consecutive shutdown in the country's history. It is also the day federal workers are due for their payments.

The United States-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) has started the process of withdrawing from Syria, its spokesperson has said. The coalition "has begun

President Rodrigo Duterte has denounced bishops in the Catholic-majority country as "sons of b*****s", renewing his attacks on the church that has criticised him over his bloody war on drugs. Duterte, who launched his

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon - Tarima Ibrahim huddled together with her children to keep them warm as incessant rainfall, heavy winds and hail slapped their tarpaulin tent and lashed their refugee camp. "We are freezing,"

A court in Myanmar has rejected an appeal by two Reuters news agency reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the country's Official Secrets Act, in a case that rallied press freedom advocates. Lawyers for Wa

A woman and her two sons suffocated to death in Nepal after she was forced to sleep in a windowless shed during her period, police said. Amba Bohara and her children are the latest