Venezuela's National Assembly, the opposition-controlled legislative body, declared President Nicolas Maduro a "usurper" last week, deepening the political and humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the country.  The declaration came about a week after Maduro

Patients' names have been changed to protect their identity. Sanaa, Yemen - With each breath he took, the red rashes on Ahmad's cheeks appeared to get brighter and brighter. The eight-year-old, limping and fatigued, had

First-term Democratic Senator Kamala Harris of California, a rising party star and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, launched her 2020 campaign for the White House on Monday by touting her prior

Fourteen people were killed and at least five missing after two vessels sailing under the flag of Tanzania caught fire in Kerch Strait near Crimea, authorities said. "There are 11 bodies," Alexei Kravchenko, spokesman

Lightly armed and with limited authority, UN peacekeepers are deployed to many of the world's trouble spots. These peacekeepers have been repeatedly targetted in Mali, now the most dangerous mission to serve in. The

BEIRUT: The fourth Arab Economic and Social Development Summit was held in Beirut on Sunday, in an effort to, among other things, find ways to alleviate the suffering of refugees in the Middle East.

TEHRAN: An Iranian labor protest leader has been arrested for the second time, state media reported Monday, after the judiciary denied his claim that he was tortured in custody late last year.Esmail Bakhshi “was

TEHRAN: An Iranian labor protest leader has been arrested for the second time, state media reported Monday, after the judiciary denied his claim that he was tortured in custody late last year.Esmail Bakhshi “was

Social messaging app WhatsApp has said it is limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five in an attempt to fight fake news and spread of rumours. The change

A car bomb has targeted a joint convoy of US and allied Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, marking the second attack against US forces in less than a week. There were no casualties in