Geography of Asia
15 Dead In Fighting Near Yemen Red Sea Port
Seven Yemeni soldiers and eight rebels were killed in heavy fighting over the past 24 hours near the Red Sea coastal...
Bombs Kill 30 In Damascus Old City
Twin bombs killed 30 people and wounded more than 40 in the Old City of Damascus on Saturday in a rare attack in the...
China Says Industrial Policy Not Aimed At Foreign Firms
China on Saturday tried to downplay concerns it is reducing market access for foreign enterprises, days after a report...
Aleppo Car Lover Aims To Revive His ‘wounded’ Classics
Car enthusiast Mohammed Mohiedin Anis gazes sadly at a 1955 Buick Super, one of his collection of vintage cars...
Maldives Opposition Protests Saudi King’s Visit
Maldivian opposition parties protested Friday a planned visit by King Salman following reports that Saudi business...
Long-Awaited Concert Music To the Ears of Saudis
Legendary Arab singer Rashed al-Majed gave his fans three encores in the Saudi capital on Thursday night. Why not? They...
Conflicts of Interest Keep Mongolian Child Jockeys In the Saddle
Mongolian courts banned them, human rights groups slammed them and the labour ministry demands they cease, but none of...
Kidnappings Blight War-Scarred Kabul City
The bruises, scabs and chain markings have long faded but Haji Ghulam is still visibly traumatised by his month-long...
Iran Successfully Tests Naval Missile
Iran has successfully test-fired a naval missile which hit its target 250 kilometres away, local news agencies reported...
France’s Jarre To Play Israel In Aid of Dead Sea
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre says he will perform in Israel next month in a concert to publicise the...
Chinese Survey Ships Entering Philippine Territory
Chinese survey ships have been entering waters recognised by the United Nations as Philippine territory, Manila's...
Deaf Syrians Learn the Language of War
Twice raising the little finger represents "I" and placing a thumb on the index finger and the middle finger makes an...
Metro Aims To Break New Ground In Car-Mad Qatar
Qatar's metro, once completed, will run hundreds of kilometres across ultra-modern Doha, along the coast and into its...
IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...
More Than 60 Years of Tensions Between the Two Koreas
Tensions have remained high in the more than 60 years since North and South Korea fought a fierce war from 1950-53....
Couple ‘detained In UAE For Sex Outside Marriage’
A South African man and his Ukrainian fiancee have been detained in the United Arab Emirates for unlawful sex, a...
Lebanon Raids Financial Offices Over Transfers To IS
Lebanese authorities carried out raids Wednesday against currency exchange offices and money transfer companies on...
Israeli Lawmakers Give Initial Approval To Bills Quieting Mosques
Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two controversial measures that would limit calls to prayers...
Maldives Deny Atoll Sale To Saudis After Protests
The Maldives government on Wednesday denied it was selling a cluster of small islands to Saudi Arabia, following...