Argentina has detected its first case of the omicron variant, according to the country’s Health Ministry...

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four-year jail term in first verdicts in its trial, Sky News reported...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday defended his soldiers who shot dead an injured Palestinian in occupied East Jerusalem...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is scheduled to visit the Sultanate of Oman on Monday. A statement by the Omani Royal Court said the visit is “an affirmation of the historic relations between Oman and Saudi Arabia...

A 15-year-old student used a handgun to kill four people and injure seven others at his US high school in Oxford Charter Township, Michigan, in the deadliest US school shooting this year...

 Lebanon’s Education Ministry should extend the December 4, 2021, school registration deadline for Syrian children and end policies that are blocking Syrian refugee children’s access to education, Human Rights Watch said...

At least five people including civilians were killed and more than six others wounded when a bomb went off at a busy restaurant in southern Somalia on Sunday, officials said...

Conflicting reports emerged Saturday on whether Lebanese Najib Miqati’s government will convene next week following Information Minister George Kordahi's resignation on Friday...

There are both geopolitical and historical reasons behind Moscow’s endless pressure on Kiev, which was the birthplace of the first Russian state in the 9th Century...

Israeli forces had opened fire on Saturday at Gaza fishermen and farmers at the southern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported...

The UAE’s national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will hold a visit to Tehran on Monday for discussions with his Iranian counterpart and some other high-ranking officials, Iran's top security body says...

Pope Francis told journalists and officials on Saturday's visit to Greece that the world is seeing a scaling back of democracy...

Sudanese authorities have banned the former Minister of Industry and leading member of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) Ibrahim Al-Sheikh from leaving the country, pointing to a travel ban imposed by the Sovereign Council...

Over 40,000 people in the Austrian capital protested against the ongoing lockdown and plans to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory from next year...

Jordanian court has announced the sentence of five workers, who are convicted in the oxygen outage incident at the New Salt Public Hospital, to three years in jail, Jordan News Agency (PETRA) reported on Sunday...

One person passed away and 41 others were injured from burns following a volcano eruption on the Indonesian island of Java for the second time in months...

The 'huge explosion' heard near a nuclear facility in Iran on Saturday was part of a military exercise, the regime has confirmed...

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday as part of a Gulf tour that also includes the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar...

An explosive device was found Saturday under the private car of a police officer assigned to provide security to the Turkish president's rally in southeastern Turkey, sources said...

Don't be too optimistic! The resignation of George Kordahi as the Lebanese Minister of Information may not have the desired effect it is intended to...