BEIRUT: Christians and Muslims gathered for a spiritual summit in Lebanon on Tuesday amid concerns about a growing sectarian divide in the country’s politics. The crisis escalated after two aides to Minister of the Displaced

LONDON: The owner of the British tanker seized by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz said Tuesday they are increasingly concerned about the crew’s welfare. The Stena Impero was captured on July 19

Iran threatened to cut its commitments under the international nuclear deal further unless European partners move to protect it from US sanctions by ensuring it can sell oil and receive income. Foreign Minister Mohammad

Dozens of civilians, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan on Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in hit an improvised explosive device. The passenger bus travelling on the Kandahar-Herat highway

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN)An international music festival in Lebanon has dropped a popular local band from its line-up, following threats of violence on social media and pressure from Christian groups over lyrics they labeled as

Hong Kong (CNN)The Chinese government announced Wednesday that it will suspend a program allowing solo tourists from 47 cities to visit Taiwan, amid rising cross-strait tensions.In a statement, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism

BERLIN: The US has formally asked Germany to join France and Britain in a mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz and to combat Iranian aggression, the US Embassy in Berlin said on Tuesday. At

DUBAI: The head of Sudan’s ruling interim military council stressed the need to reach an agreement to avoid further turmoil in the country, a day after four high school students were shot dead in

Human trafficking has become a multibillion-dollar industry, affecting nearly every country in the world. Millions of men, women and children are trafficked across borders or within their own communities every year. They work in households and on farms,

Amid allegations of abuse and involuntary detention, officials from China's northwestern Xinjiang region have said most of the people who were in the area's controversial re-education centres had left the facilities and signed "work