Qatar is preparing to honour its national football team with a street parade in Doha following the Gulf nation's upset victory at the AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Maroons are
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A South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, is launching its manifesto in advance of elections later this year. Latest polls show that support for the populist group has risen and that it
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Once-in-a-century flooding in northeast Australia looks set to worsen as the rain continues to fall. Homes and businesses in the coastal city of Townsville were destroyed as flash flooding washed through streets, sweeping away
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin has suspended Moscow's participation in a Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty after a similar move by the United States. The landmark 1987 arms control pact, which rid Europe of land-based
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Unidentified attackers have targeted the headquarters of a Lebanese television channel with a hand grenade, according to the news outlet. The assailants threw the hand grenade out of a car as they sped past
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Thousands of people took to the streets of Qatar's capital, Doha, in an outpouring of joy after the final whistle of the AFC Asian Cup blew on Friday and the country claimed its maiden title at
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The battle for one of the last ISIL-controlled pockets of northern Syria has displaced tens of thousands of people. The US-backed Kurdish forces have been fighting the armed group in Deir Az Zor. Humanitarian
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The United States has been quite transparent in its intentions regarding Venezuela - it is determined to get rid of the current government and install the unelected, self-declared president Juan Guaido. The White House
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UAE and Saudi media outlets focus their reporting on losing side, Japan, with some not even mentioning the word Qatar.
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In an interview with Al Jazeera, self-proclaimed president of Venezuela Juan Guaido has declined offers from Mexico, Uruguay, Russia and the European Union to bring both sides to the negotiating table. Earlier, the United
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