BANGKOK: More than 2,000 migrant workers at a major Thai seafood exporting company have called for bigger bonuses and better welfare benefits, a...
BANGKOK: More than 2,000 migrant workers at a major Thai seafood exporting company have called for bigger bonuses and better welfare benefits, a...
Damascus: Syria's military said Thursday it had captured a string of towns and part of a key highway from the Islamic State group...
Reykjavik: The wind blows in icy gusts and the rain gently melts the snow: welcome to Iceland! Far from their hometown Damascus, Joumaa...
Gurdaspur, India: Opium addict Rajendar usually has to beg, steal or borrow to get his fix but at election season in India's Punjab...
Kano, Nigeria: Ummi Hassan sat on the trunk of a felled tree, her eyes fixed on her bulging belly. She was just weeks...
BAGHDAD: Almost 50,000 displaced people have returned to their homes in eastern Mosul and the city’s southern Qayyarah district, both of which were...
ALGIERS, Algeria: The Algerian presidency on Thursday announced that the country’s upcoming parliamentary polls would be held on May 4. "President Abdelaziz Bouteflika...
WASHINGTON: A watchdog agency at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it is planning to review how President Donald Trump’s immigration executive...
Doha: social media in UAE is abuzz with news of a lion cub spotted on the streets of Abu Dhabi. Khaleej Times reported...
Khartoum: Sudan has freed a British journalist it detained last month for "illegally entering" the country, the British embassy and Sudanese media said...
Ankara: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was visiting Turkey on Thursday to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the first time since July's failed...
Berlin: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he wants to hold a referendum on his conflict-torn country joining NATO, in comments to a German...
TOKYO: Japan got encouraging statements from U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis ahead of his planned Friday visit, his first visit to Asia since...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: The emergence of a new strain of highly drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos could have devastating consequences on...
KUALA LUMPUR: A pilot scheme to give work to Rohingya refugees in Malaysia is to be launched next month, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad...
BAGHDAD: The European Aviation Safety Agency has lifted a ban on Iraqi Airways entering European airspace, Iraq's transport minister Kadhim al-Hamami told state...
Washington: President Donald Trump ripped into his Australian counterpart during their call last week, reports said, castigating a refugee accord he later described...
BEIRUT: Islamic State fighters killed at least 14 Syrian soldiers in a fierce attack on a military airport northeast of Damascus, the Syrian...
