Arbil, Iraq: Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence on Wednesday following a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and sparked international...
Arbil, Iraq: Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence on Wednesday following a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and sparked international...
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Wednesday urged people across the world to open their arms to migrants, as Catholic charity Caritas launched its...
Washington: US President Donald Trump won't be part of the group testing the expanded character limit for messages on the Twitter the social...
Kampala: Uganda's parliament on Wednesday took the first step towards scrapping the presidential age limit that would allow long-standing ruler Yoweri Museveni to...
Berlin: Politicians and the press across Europe broadly welcomed Emmanuel Macron's calls for a revival of the European project, although EU powerhouse Germany...
Paris: Emmanuel Macron will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, days after the French president set out plans for ambitious EU...
Arbil, Iraq: More than 92 percent of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in a referendum, according to the first official results announced on...
Beirut: Lebanon's and Egypt's national carriers will halt flights to the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil this week at the request of the...
Brussels: The EU unveiled plans Wednesday to take at least 50,000 refugees directly from Africa, the Middle East and Turkey to discourage migrant...
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded Wednesday that this week's vote on independence for the autonomous Kurdish region be annulled. "The referendum...
Manila: Prolonged fighting by Filipino militants supporting the Islamic State group has put the brakes on the Philippines' $10 billion outsourcing industry, one...
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday requested foreign airlines suspend flights to the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) area by Friday. The move...
JERUSALEM: Palestine joined Interpol as a member state on Wednesday, a move opposed by Israel, in a vote at the international police organisation's...
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Four people were injured early Wednesday when two successive explosions rocked Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines. Captain Arvin Encinas,...
KABUL, Afghanistan: A U.S. drone airstrike killed eight suspected pro-IS militants in eastern Nangarhar province late Monday, according to police Tuesday. This is...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi state TV employees pushed on Tuesday for the dismissal of Kurdish-origin civil servants who participated in Monday’s controversial independence referendum. Gathering...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Police in the capital Nairobi resorted to baton charge and used tear gas to disperse thousands of opposition supporters protesting against...
Moscow: Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday said it had killed five field commanders and 32 fighters from a group formerly affiliated with Al-Qaeda...
