Asia
Dubai Launches Women-Only Ambulances
Four women in pink remain on standby 12 hours a day, seven days a week, to come to the aid of their "sisters" in the...
East Timor Official Gets Life Ban For Match-Fixing
A top East Timor official has been banned for life from taking part in any football-related activity after he accepted...
Trump Supported Us, Say Afghan Girls After Robotics Visa U-Turn
A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition spoke of Donald Trump's...
Tillerson Leaves Gulf With No End In Sight To Qatar Crisis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday wrapped up a four-day mission to the Gulf with little sign of progress...
Israel Freezes Palestinian Housing Plan After Settlers Object
Israeli ministers have frozen a plan to allow for the construction of thousands of Palestinian homes in a West Bank...
Qatar Airways Boss Says ‘bullying’ Gulf States Will Hit Profits
Qatar Airways' outspoken boss Akbar Al-Baker accused neighbouring Gulf states Thursday of "bullying" his country during...
Iran Cancer Researcher Says Was Denied Entry To US
An Iranian cancer researcher with alleged links to a hardline militia in the Islamic republic says he was denied entry...
Trump Envoy Mediates Water Deal Between Israel, Palestinians
US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace envoy said Thursday Israel would supply the Palestinians with millions of...
Rights Group Praises ‘overdue’ Saudi Reform On Girl Sports
Rights campaigners on Thursday welcomed an "overdue" reform in Saudi Arabia to allow girls to take part in sports at...
Afghan Girl Roboticists Granted US Visas
A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been granted visas to attend it,...
West Mosul Residents Start Mammoth Task of Rebuilding
Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall....
Afghan Girl Roboticists Granted US Visas
A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been granted visas to attend it,...
S.Korea Raises 2017 GDP Growth Forecast To 2.8%
South Korea's central bank on Thursday tweaked upwards its growth forecast for Asia's fourth-largest economy this year,...
China’s Uighur Muslims Struggle Under ‘police State’
Worshippers quietly passed through metal detectors as they entered the central mosque in China's far western city of...
WFP Expands Food Aid Deliveries In Syria’s Raqa
The UN's World Food Programme announced Wednesday it has resumed aid deliveries in parts of Syria's Raqa province for...
UN Blames Yemen Warring Sides For ‘man-Made’ Cholera Crisis
The UN aid chief on Wednesday blamed Yemen's warring parties and their foreign backers for a 'man-made' cholera...
Boycott-Busting Bovines Begin Arriving In Qatar
A first herd of boycott-busting cows has been airlifted to Qatar to boost milk supplies five weeks after neighbouring...
Tillerson To Meet Arab Ministers Over Qatar Boycott
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, touring the crisis-hit Gulf for a round of intense shuttle diplomacy, arrived in...
Fast-Growing Pakistan Aims To Raise Contraception Use
Pakistan will raise the rate of contraception use to at least 50 percent within the next three years, the health...