Campaigning has started in Afghanistan for next month's parliamentary elections amid concerns that the much-delayed vote could be postponed again due to the uncertainty over new technology. The vote for the lower house of

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)The death toll on the island of Sulawesi stands at 832 people, but officials expect that number to climb as rescuers on Monday continue to sift through the destruction left by a

(CNN)An air traffic controller is being hailed as a hero following a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia that killed hundreds of people. Indonesian solders were on hand in full uniform Saturday to carry

Brazil’s outgoing President Michel Temer had promised to lift Latin America's largest economy from a deep recession. Although unemployment rates have fallen, the cuts in social programs have impacted poor Brazilians. Al Jazeera's Mariana

Britain must stop "re-fighting" the Brexit referendum and should unite as the deadline to leave the  European Union  draws closer, its trade minister Liam Fox said. At the annual Conservative party conference, which began in Birmingham

Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been released on bail a week after his estranged half-brother Abdulla Yameen was defeated in a presidential election. Gayoom, the Indian Ocean island nation's longest-serving leader, and his legislator son Faris Maumoon

A Cairo court has ordered a retrial of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie and other senior figures from the group from October 7, judicial sources and state news agency MENA reported. Badie, the Brotherhood's

Maltese authorities have finally allowed 58 migrants off the Aquarius to Valletta after they waited for days in rough seas on the rescue ship that can no longer go to port after its flag

DUBAI: The Yemeni army controls the road between Hajjah and Sa'ada towards Maran, Al Arabiya News Channel reported on Monday. Saturday, the Yemeni army killed Houthi militia commander and 12 other militants during clashes

DUBAI: Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death, state television reported on Sunday, as the country faces renewed US sanctions and a public outcry against