Another student death in clashes in Indian-administered Kashmir has heightened tensions in the disputed territory and worsened India's worries about a foe that it cannot control -- youths who do not...
Myanmar's military was on Thursday scouring the waves for more than 120 people missing after their plane vanished flying over the Andaman Sea. Nine navy ships and three air force planes have been...
Other African countries have added their voice for a settlement of the crisis. Somalia has added its voice to the ongoing row in the Gulf region saying it is ready to help find a solution to the...
President Donald Trump called Qatar's emir Wednesday and offered his services as a mediator in a damaging feud between the emirate and its Gulf neighbors. Trump's call to Qatari ruler Emir Sheikh...
President Donald Trump spoke to Qatar's emir on Wednesday, offering US mediation in a crisis that has split Washington's allies and pushed regional powers toward confrontation. "The President offered...
Turkey's parliament has approved a legislation allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar. The bill, first drafted in May, passed with 240 votes in favour, largely with...
S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday cut Qatar's credit rating by one notch to AA- and put it on watch for further downgrades after Gulf Arab states severed ties. "We believe this will exacerbate Qatar's...
Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will hold a referendum on statehood in September, its presidency said Wednesday, despite opposition to independence from Baghdad. "September 25, 2017 was designated...
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met Emirati officials in Dubai on Wednesday, a day after holding talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at resolving a diplomatic crisis with Qatar. The emir held...
Turkey's parliament will debate on Wednesday a bill that would allow its troops to be deployed to a Turkish base in Qatar, following a bitter feud between Doha and its neighbours in the Gulf. The...
The death of a student killed by troops in Kashmir sparked new anti-India demonstrations on Wednesday. Hundreds of students and villagers joined a rally in the town of Shopian, south of the...
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Wednesday that Qatar is a "brother state" and that punitive steps against the emirate were a well-intentioned effort to stop its support for Islamic extremism....
Moscow on Wednesday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-regime fighters in Syria as an "act of aggression" that targeted the most effective forces battling "terrorists" in the war-torn...
A senior Emirati official insisted on Wednesday that Gulf Arab states were not seeking regime change in Doha, as tensions built in a bitter feud between Qatar and its neighbours. Speaking to AFP in...
A Burmese military plane carrying 116 people went missing on Wednesday after taking off from an airport in the capital Yangon. The aircraft, which was heading for the southern city of Myeik, lost...
A Myanmar military plane carrying 116 people went missing on Wednesday between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon, according to the office of the army chief and an airport source. "Communication...
Major international finance institutions in Hong Kong made a landmark intervention Wednesday in the case of a gay couple struggling to get their rights recognised by the city's courts. The 12...
The German government decided Wednesday to withdraw its troops from Turkey's Incirlik base near the Syrian border after last-ditch talks with Ankara failed to resolve an escalating row. The military...
Moscow on Wednesday dismissed allegations that Russian hackers helped spark the diplomatic crisis around Qatar, after CNN reported that US officials believed they planted a false news story. "We're...
A Qatari official has said an ultimatum issued by Saudi Arabia and its allies for the emirate's citizens to leave is a violation of human rights that requires UN intervention. Ali bin Smaikh...
