Malaysia’s Mahathir says no rights to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli capitalMalaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday criticized Australia's move to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying countries had "no rights" to do so. Australia's move follows U.S...
Australia reaffirms Israel decision despite backlashAustralia's conservative prime minister on Sunday stood by his decision to recognise west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite criticism from neighbouring Muslim countries. Canberra became one...
Bahrain foreign minister defends Australia’s decision on JerusalemThe foreign minister of U.S. ally Bahrain has defended Australia's formal recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying the move would not affect a future Palestinian state with east Jerus...
US-led coalition says it destroyed IS site in Syrian mosqueUS-led coalition forces destroyed an Islamic State group command center inside a mosque in the Syrian border town of Hajin on Saturday, the US military said. The statement comes as Kurdish-led forces...
Air strikes, clashes hit Yemen’s Hodeida despite ceasefireAir strikes and fierce clashes shook the outskirts of Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida overnight, pro-government sources and residents said Sunday, despite a UN-brokered ceasefire. At least 29...
Bethlehem church mosaics sparkle in time for ChristmasMasked for centuries by the soot of candles and lately by scaffolding, the mosaics of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity have been restored to their Crusader-era splendour in time for Christmas. Over...
‘Nobody will kneel’: Tigrayans defiant as Ethiopian leader cracks downIn the birthplace of the armed struggle that propelled Ethiopia's ruling coalition to power 27 years ago, there is growing anger as the country's new prime minister stages a crackdown on the region's...
Dead Guatemalan girl dreamed of sending money home to poor familyThe 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who died after being detained by US border agents this month was inseparable from her father and had looked forward to being able to send money home to support h...
Sri Lanka reinstates ousted prime minister: officialSri Lanka's sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated Sunday, his party said, ending a 51-day crisis that had paralysed the island nation and pushed it towards debt default. The 69-yea...
Australia appoints military leader as next governor generalAustralia has named a distinguished military leader as its next governor general, who represents Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the country’s head of state, ahead of an election in May. Prime Minister Sco...
Shock waves of #MeToo reach the City of LondonA series of very public sackings, suspensions and departures suggests that Britain's finance world is waking up to the toxic implications of sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace. The change...
Displaced huddle in a basement as winter grips SyriaAfter washing up her family's dishes over a plastic basin, 11-year-old Cedra sits on the floor of the dank basement in Syria to tackle her day's studies. A dark staircase leads from a street in the to...
Judge’s ruling on ‘Obamacare’ poses new problems for GOPA federal judge's ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who've seen the politics of health care flip as Americans increasingly value the...
North Cyprus journalist takes on Turkey’s mighty ErdoganJail time, angry mobs and assassination attempts -- editor Sener Levent has paid a price for challenging Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and authorities in breakaway northern Cyprus through hi...
Investigations look at Trump’s life from all anglesInvestigations now entangle Donald Trump's White House, campaign, transition, inauguration, charity and business. For Trump, the political, the personal and the deeply personal are all under examinati...
Nicaragua police beat journalists in crackdown on free pressNicaraguan police on Saturday beat at least seven journalists with batons, including one of the country's best known editors, in an escalating crackdown on independent media in the aftermath of protes...