May 8, 2018
US President Donald Trump is widely expected to announce on May 8 that he is pulling out of what he has called a "very badly negotiated" deal with Tehran and possibly reimpose economic sanctions.
May 9, 2018
May 8, 2018
The decision to allow women to drive could give them the much-needed mobility to join the workforce. Saudi women now no longer need male permission to start business.
May 8, 2018
May 2, 2018
Security is expected to dominate the run-up to the next election in February 2019, at which Buhari will stand for a second term. He promised to defeat Boko Haram but is now facing a series of security challenges elsewhere.
May 2, 2018
May 1, 2018
In a further attack, 11 children were killed and 16 people wounded, including Romanian and Afghan security force members, when a suicide attacker exploded his car near a NATO convoy in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said.
May 1, 2018
April 30, 2018
The Rohingya have been persecuted for decades in Myanmar, where they are widely regarded as illegal immigrants and denied citizenship. Myanmar's military has kept Rakhine in a lock down since August, blocking access to independent observers, journalists and many aid groups.
April 30, 2018
April 30, 2018
Russia has said that there was "no alternative" to the agreement and that Iran's position was on the issue was paramount. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani rejected any hopes of rewriting the nuclear deal.
April 30, 2018
April 30, 2018
Trump's war of words with Kim last year sparked global fears of another conflict on the peninsula. Trump warned of "fire and fury" against the nuclear-armed North and traded insults with Kim, branding him "Rocket Man" while Kim called Trump a "dotard".
April 30, 2018
February 11, 2018
A statement from Myanmar's Foreign Affairs Ministry said Johnson and Suu Kyi discussed repatriation and developments in Rakhine, the western Myanmar state from where the Rohingya have fled over the past few months.
February 11, 2018
January 12, 2018
On Friday, Trump is expected to announce that he continues to regard remaining in the Iran nuclear deal not to be in US interests.
January 12, 2018
January 12, 2018
Trump has repeatedly insulted the North Korean leader, describing him as mad and a "rocket man."
January 12, 2018
January 11, 2018
Trump scrapped DACA last September, but left a six-month window for Congress to craft a solution by March, when thousands of immigrants would face deportation.
January 11, 2018
January 7, 2018
Archaeologists envision the site at Jaljulia, northeast of Tel Aviv, as a sort of 'paradise" for prehistoric hunter-gatherers, with a stream, vegetation and an abundance of animals.
January 7, 2018
January 7, 2018
The Patriarch also warned Russians of "the possibility of malicious people or forces to use digital technology to render irreparable damage to our country and society."
January 7, 2018
January 2, 2018
The shooting took place in the town of Omoku about 90 kilometers from the southern oil hub of Port Harcourt.
January 2, 2018
December 22, 2017
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack on the Maiwand district police headquarters in the southern province of Kandahar.
December 22, 2017
December 16, 2017
There will be no special licence plate numbers for female-driven cars but women involved in road accidents or who commit traffic violations will be dealt with at special centres that will be established and run by women.
December 16, 2017
November 26, 2017
Grace Mugabe, 52, was alleged to have positioned herself to be Mugabe's chosen successor, prompting the military to intervene on November 14 and usher in its preferred candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa
November 26, 2017
November 19, 2017
US television network CNN aired the footage last week of an apparent live auction in Libya where black men are presented to North African buyers as potential farmhands and sold off for as little as $400
November 19, 2017
November 19, 2017
UN coordinator for humanitarian and development affairs in Syria Ali al-Zaatari called on "all warring sides to avoid targeting civilians"
November 19, 2017
November 16, 2017
"Erdogan stressed the continued support of Turkey to the State of Qatar in various fields, especially in the industrial and military," read the QNA statement.
November 16, 2017
November 16, 2017
According to Ukrainian authorities 152 soldiers or pro-Kiev militants are still being held by separatists in the east, while Kiev is ready to return 306 rebel captives, according to Medvedchuk
November 16, 2017
November 15, 2017
Zimbabwe's military is in control of the country and President Robert Mugabe, in a conversation reported by South African President Jacob Zuma, has said he is under house arrest. But generals have denied staging a coup.
November 15, 2017
November 15, 2017
Tillerson said that broad economic sanctions are "not something that I'd think would be advisable at this time". "We want to see Myanmar succeed," he added.
November 15, 2017
November 15, 2017
The 21-19, 21-16 defeat will ramp up speculation that the 34-year-old Lin Dan, may soon call it quits as he approaches the end of his brilliant career.
November 15, 2017
November 15, 2017
The quake was followed by multiple aftershocks including a 4.3-magnitude tremor that hit about two hours later.
November 15, 2017