Beirut summit highlights divisions, turmoil in LebanonAn Arab economic development summit that Lebanon is hosting this weekend has been marred by controversy days before delegates arrive. Should regional outcast Syria be invited, as demanded by Lebanon's...
British Jews take German path to Europe after BrexitTwo of British opera singer Simon Wallfisch's great-grandparents were shot in mass graves by the Nazis and another died in a concentration camp. So it was with pangs of guilt and triumphant defiance t...
Taliban suicide bomber kills 4, wounds over 100 in KabulA Taliban suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded scores when he detonated an explosive-laden vehicle late in the evening in the Afghan capital, officials said Tuesday. It was the lates...
I never worked for Russia: TrumpUS President Donald Trump said on Monday he never worked for Russia, his first direct denial after a media report that the FBI in 2017 investigated whether he acted against US interests. Trump also di...
Brussels museum gunman linked to other jihadistsThe Frenchman accused of murdering four people at the Jewish museum of Belgium had links with other jihadists, including those behind the Brussels and Paris attacks, investigators say. At least one la...
Uganda presidential age limit challenged in courtUganda's Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing a petition to challenge a constitutional court decision removing an age limit cap of 75 for presidential candidates. Critics of the decision argue it wo...
‘Hostage politics’: Death sentence heightens China, Canada tensionsA Chinese court's decision to impose the death penalty on a convicted Canadian drug smuggler has escalated a diplomatic row that experts say has descended into a high-stakes game of "hostage politics"...
The insurgents plunging Myanmar’s Rakhine back into chaosMyanmar's government says it has ordered the military to "crush" rebels in the western state of Rakhine, following raids by insurgents that killed 13 police officers earlier this month. The United Nat...
North Korean official heads for talks in Sweden: reportA top North Korean diplomat was travelling to Sweden Tuesday, she told reporters, as speculation mounts over the next summit between the isolated state's leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Tru...
Iran satellite in US row fails to reach orbit: state mediaIran launched a satellite criticised by the United States on Tuesday but it failed to reach orbit, state television quoted the telecommunications minister as saying. "The Payam satellite was successfu...
Turkey orders arrest of nearly 200 people over suspected Gulen ties, Hurriyet saysTurkey ordered the arrest of 192 people over suspected links to the network of the US-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Tuesday...
Hundreds of Hondurans set off toward United States in new caravanHundreds of Honduran migrants began the long trek north on Monday, part of new US-bound caravan that hopes to succeed even as a previous wave of Central Americans were unable to quickly enter the Unit...
Zimbabweans join stay-at-home protest after deadly clashes over price hikesStreets were mostly quiet on Tuesday in Zimbabwe's capital Harare and second city Bulawayo as banks, schools and businesses stayed shut, a day after deadly protests over economic hardship and a sharp...
Gunmen kill seven in Kenya hotel attackGunmen blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and sending workers diving under desks from an attack claimed by Somali Islamis...
Venezuela Congress declares President Maduro ‘usurper’ of democracyVenezuela's opposition-run Congress on Tuesday formally declared President Nicolas Maduro a "usurper," whose actions would be considered null and void after he was sworn in last week for a disputed se...
Netanyahu tells Iran to get out of Syria ‘fast’Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday urged Iran to quickly remove its forces from neighbouring Syria or face continued attacks on them by Israel. "Yesterday I heard the Iranian foreign...