Vietnam accused of ‘scorched earth’ approach to dissent after late night arrest of Pham Doan Trang at her home in Ho Chi Minh City.Vietnam has detained prominent human rights campaigner and writer Pham Doan

President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said the country, which hosts a Russian air base and a large Canadian-controlled gold mine, was facing an attempted coup d'etat. He ordered security forces not to open fire on protesters

ALGIERS: Kidnapped, raped and then burned, this is the sad story of the young Chaima Sadou, 19, whose charred body was found on Oct. 2 in an abandoned gas station in Thenia, a town

DUBAI: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has urged local authorities to prepare for a coronavirus second wave as the new academic year starts, national daily Ahram Online reported.El-Sisi called on both the country’s health

Two weeks of talks begin as France resists UK bid to replace fishing quotas that London says unfairly favour EU fleets.The stage is set for a showdown on Brexit at a European Union summit

DUBAI: Coronavirus infections continue to rise in the UAE, with 1,231 new confirmed cases reported overnight by the country’s Ministry of Health and Prevention. The health ministry is continually expanding the scope of testing

Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group gathered in Addis Ababa for a scaled-back version of Irreecha, their annual thanksgiving festival, against a backdrop of unrest and political division. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said

In an interview with Al Jazeera, President Aliyev went on to say that once the war is over "maybe some time later people of Azerbaijan and Armenia can again live together, in peace."Aliyev, however,

SULAIMANIYAH/Iraq: Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting “game-changing” drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical tensions.“Not a day goes

Killers of Saudi journalist in Istanbul consulate are yet to be held to account, says UN rapporteur.Friday marks two years since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in the Turkish