BAGHDAD: Qatar will open an embassy in Baghdad, Iraq’s foreign minister said yesterday, in the latest sign of improving relations between Gulf Arab...
BAGHDAD: Qatar will open an embassy in Baghdad, Iraq’s foreign minister said yesterday, in the latest sign of improving relations between Gulf Arab...
Washington---US President Barack Obama has urged Congress to prevent key national security surveillance measures from lapsing on midnight Sunday, warning inaction could hamper...
Ottawa---Attorney General Peter MacKay, who with Prime Minister Stephen Harper united Canada's right and helped steer the Tories through a tumultuous nine years...
Port Louis, Mauritius---Mauritius president Kailash Purryag announced Friday he was stepping down from his position as ceremonial figurehead of the Indian Ocean island...
Washington---There was no evidence of foul play in the death of a black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi, the US...
Istanbul---Two people were killed and six others injured in southeastern Turkey on Friday in violence pitting the main pro-Kurdish party against a Kurdish...
Rome---The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue of more than 3,300 migrants sailing across the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, but also...
Berlin---German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday pledged a "constructive" role as Britain pushed for EU reforms and said she would not rule out...
Kiev---Germany's foreign minister warned Friday that the situation in Ukraine's separatist east was turning more "fragile" and required all sides to focus their...
Havana---The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas have begun clearing the country's landmines in a joint effort seen as a ray of hope in...
Washington---China recently deployed two artillery pieces on one of its artificial islands in the contested South China Sea but has since removed them,...
Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh Dubai---Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh said in an interview broadcast Friday he had rejected "millions of dollars" Saudi...
Sanaa---Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels have killed the capital's governor in clashes that erupted during an attempt to detain him, his relatives said Friday....
Washington---The United States dropped Cuba from its blacklist as a state sponsor of terrorism on Friday, in a landmark move aimed at paving...
Brussels---Belgium and the Netherlands have launched probes into claims of widespread espionage by Germany, which is accused of helping the US spy on...
Kigali---Rwanda on Friday slapped an indefinite ban on BBC local language broadcasts as punishment for a controversial documentary on the central African country's...
Zurich---The duel between incumbent Sepp Blatter and Prince Ali bin al Hussein for the FIFA presidency went into a second round Friday when...
Istanbul---Images and video footage allegedly showing trucks belonging to Turkey's state intelligence service carrying weapons to rebels in Syria were published Friday in...
