A nine-year-old child has been gang-raped and murdered in Indian-administered Kashmir's Baramullah district, bringing back memories of the brutal gang rape of an eight-year-old in the Jammu region of the state. Police in Kashmir said

Protesters and security forces clash in Basra after 8 killed in night of violence BAGHDAD: Dozens of angry demonstrators on Wednesday attacked security forces deployed near the local government building in central Basra where eight

Protesters and security forces clash in Basra after 8 killed in night of violence BAGHDAD: Dozens of angry demonstrators on Wednesday attacked security forces deployed near the local government building in central Basra where eight

AMMAN: The Jordanian government has taken steps to ease the plight of Palestinians living in the country and to bolster the civil defense guards at Al-Aqsa Mosque.Wasfi Kilani, director of the Hashemite Fund for

Palestinians and right groups condemned a decision by an Israeli court that gave the green light for the military to demolish a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, forcibly evicting 180 residents there.

Qatar will soon be the first Arab Gulf nation to allow some of its long-time foreign residents to become permanent residents. Issuing a new law, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani directed the

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused US President Donald Trump of planning to "abuse" the presidency of the UN Security Council to criticise Tehran, Washington's political nemesis. Zarif said the US leader "plans

A day after six people were killed in southern Iraq's Basra city, violent protests over poor government services continued with security forces opening fire after new clashes. Protesters in Basra told Al Jazeera on Wednesday

Paraguay will return its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv, reversing a contentious decision months ago to move the diplomatic site to Jerusalem. "Paraguay wants to contribute to an intensification of regional diplomatic

(CNN)Here's a look at the 2006 terrorist plot to blow up US-bound flights that originated in the United Kingdom.Facts:It is believed that the terrorists were planning to carry peroxide-based explosives in liquid or gel/lotion