(CNN)There's an air of excitement as England's women prepare for this year's Six Nations Championship. That's not only down to the team's determination to avenge last year's second-place finish, but also because of the

(CNN)"He punched me, he kicked me, he elbowed me, he choked me unconscious, he smothered me with pillows, he pinned me down for hours at a time, he destroyed all my belongings, he pulled

DUBAI: Iran unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,300 km (800 miles) on Saturday during celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, state television reported. “This cruise missile needs

TEHRAN: A member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards was killed and five wounded in an armed attack in the restive southeast on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported. The attack took place in

DUBAI: Forty years after its revolution, Iran has no fear of a “declining” America, a senior cleric said on Friday at the start of official commemorations of the uprising that made the country a

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

Football fans across the Arab world have celebrated Qatar's historic AFC Asian Cup win as an "Arab victory" after the Gulf country beat four-time champions Japan 3 -1 in the final held in the

Opposition leader Juan Guaido says he will do everything in his power to "steer Venezuela towards democracy" while refusing to rule out backing a military intervention by the United States.  In an exclusive interview with Al

After years of turmoil, Venezuela's political crisis escalated to a new level last week as the head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly Juan Guaido declared himself interim president.  The proclamation came after President Nicolas

On The Listening Post this week: As the speaker of Venezuela's National Assembly proclaims himself "President", we analyse international coverage of the crisis. Plus, Serbian media under Vucic. Venezuela's crisis and the geopolitics of