Pope Francis today held a historic meeting with the top Shia Islam cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on day two of his landmark visit to Iraq...

The Blue Line, stretching for 120km along Lebanon’s southern frontier, is a key to peace in the region...

Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq for the first ever papal visit there, and his first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic...

Brazil surpassed 261,000 COVID-19 deaths Thursday in what is being regarded by experts as the worst period since the beginning of the country’s health crisis, with some saying the South American nation could face more than 3,000 deaths daily in the...

The United Nations Security Council (UN) said Thursday that Syria has made only "limited developments" in eliminating its chemical weapons since 2013...

The US tightened export and re-export rules for Myanmar on Thursday in a bid to punish the military for its increasingly bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators...

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand today, triggering warnings of a possible tsunami...

New adverts promoted by Orthodox Jewish groups have compared Israeli Reform Jews to dogs, sparking outcry from progressives...

UNICEF-Over 800,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine touched down at the Khartoum International Airport...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, today announced that her office will open a formal investigation into war crimes in Palestine...

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri Thursday denied reports that he was waiting for Saudi Arabia’s approval for the formation of a new government, stressing that he was only waiting for President Michel Aoun’s agreement on a proposed 18-member C...

Myanmar's pro-democracy activists have hit the streets to demonstrate against military rule a day after 38 people were killed in the most violent day of unrest since last month's coup...

The head of the European Council on Thursday announced that the bloc is preparing sanctions against the military junta in Myanmar...

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hinted at a 2024 White House run saying he is 'always up for a fight' and 'cares deeply about America'...

Leaders of Lebanon’s ruling class recently renewed their calls to modify the current political system, in an attempt to get round the country’s crisis...

Germany is extending its Covid lockdown by three weeks until March 28 but easing some restrictions to allow non-essential shops and businesses to reopen in areas with low infection rates...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy today vowed to 'go all the way' to clear his name, two days after being handed a three-year prison sentence for corruption...

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is under pressure to stop working with Israel on acquiring coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, it was reported on Wednesday...

Rapporteur of the National Assembly’s human rights committee MP Hamdan Al-Azemi yesterday accused companies with major government contracts of being involved in trafficking in persons...

U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday warned of a possible security threat to the Capitol planned for the following day, forcing the House of Representatives to scrap its Thursday session...