A powerful tornado that ripped through the Cuban capital leaving at least three people dead and 172 others injured. The tornado, which hit Havana on Sunday, was classified as an EF4 with winds touching
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Migration will be the focus of a summit of Mediterranean leaders in Cyprus later on Tuesday. The divided island has become the main target for smugglers trafficking migrants into Europe. The government says it
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Pakistan's Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, standing by its earlier verdict that sparked days of protests, death threats and nationwide chaos. The country's top court in
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Thailand officially received a request from Bahrain to extradite a detained football player who has refugee status in Australia. Bahrain's request for the extradition of Hakeem al-Araibi was received Monday and forwarded to prosecutors
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(CNN) — Tempted by the recent offer of an Italian home for just over a $1? Well, you might want to hold out for a better deal. Now one town in the country is
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KHARTOUM: President Omar Al-Bashir vowed on Monday to bring peace in the state of South Kordofan where Sudanese forces are fighting rebels, as protesters planned to hold anti-government rallies in the country’s conflict zones. Deadly
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DAMASCUS: Syria and Iran signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding late Monday, including a “long-term strategic economic cooperation” deal aimed at strengthening cooperation between Damascus and one of its key allies in the
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Earlier this month, India sparked panic among its long-suffering Rohingya refugee population by deporting a family of five to their home country of Myanmar, where they will most certainly face human rights violations and
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Malaysia has unveiled an ambitious five-year plan to clamp down on corruption in government, months after a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal brought down the previous administration. The plan, launched by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on
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Hamad al-Mansouri was sitting at a shisha cafe in Beirut watching his national Qatari football team take on South Korea in the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup on TV. The 37-year-old jumped off
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