Nay Pyi Taw: A planned visit by UN officials to Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has seen a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims, has been cancelled by the country's authorities, the...

Geneva: Seven United Nations rights experts have called on the government of Myanmar to stop all violence against Rohingya Muslim minority after a month of the military campaign in Rakhine...

Abuja: A female suicide bomber killed five people on Tuesday when she blew herself up in a mosque in northeast Nigeria, in the latest attack blamed on Boko Haram extremists,...

Jerusalem: Three members of the Israeli border guards were killed and another seriously wounded, while a Palestinian was martyred Tuesday morning in a gun attack near the settlement of Har...

Paris: An Algerian French businessman said he would pay all fines imposed on women wearing a full-face veil (niqab) in Austria under a law banning it from October 1, an...

Istanbul: Turkey is among the countries which got nomination to host the 2020 World Air Games organized by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI), According to Turkish media reports. Turkey...

Kabul: At least five civilians were injured in a suicide car bombing that targeted foreign troops in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, an official said. According to Anadolu Agency,...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday filed a charge sheet against Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah and a suspected hawala dealer in connection with a 2005 money laundering case...

Bangkok: Amnesty International said new satellite images and videos taken as recently as Friday afternoon in Myanmar’s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, contradicting Aung San Suu...

Abha: A Saudi cleric has been suspended after he made derogatory remarks about women in a public lecture. Sheikh Saad al-Hijri, member of the Asir province religious jurisprudence committee, said...