Geography of Asia
Saudi Police Release Snapchat ‘model In Skirt’ Without Charge
Saudi police have released without charge a woman who was filmed in a miniskirt at a historic site in the...
Palestinian Civilians Urge ICC To Speed Up ‘war Crimes’ Probe
Palestinian lawyers and civil society groups Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to speed up inquiries and...
Chinese Villager Pleads Guilty To Killing 19 People
A man admitted killing 19 people, including his parents and three children, when he went on trial in southwest China on...
Saudi Airline Says US Laptop Ban Lifted
Saudi Arabia's national carrier said a US ban on laptops and tablets in the cabins of its US-bound planes had been...
Surf’s Up! N. Korea Tourism Agency Tries To Woo Foreigners
North Korea's tourism agency has launched a website offering holiday options ranging from surfing to rice planting,...
Foreign Food Chains Brave Risks For A Bite of Iran
For years, Iranians have had to put up with the likes of "Mash Donalds" and "Pizza Hat". Now real Western food...
Muslims Again Boycott Holy Site Over Israeli Security Measures
Muslims boycotted a Jerusalem holy site for the third day running Tuesday after Israeli authorities installed metal...
Two Suspected Rebels, Indian Soldier Killed In Kashmir
Two suspected rebels and an Indian soldier were killed Tuesday in disputed Kashmir along the de facto border with...
Five Killed As Building Collapses In Pakistan
Five people died when an apartment building collapsed in southern Pakistan early Tuesday as most of its residents were...
Egypt To End Visas On Arrival For Qataris
Egypt said it would end visas on arrival for Qatari citizens as a dispute between four Arab states and the Gulf emirate...
Erdogan To Visit Qatar and Saudi Amid Gulf Crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will this month visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are locked in a deep...
Separated By War, Iraqi Children Wait For Parents
Adel, 15, hasn't seen his parents for the past nine months, but that was the price to pay to escape the brutal rule of...
Tanzania Worshippers Swept Away In River Baptism
Tanzanian police have detained a pastor after two worshippers drowned while being baptised in a river near Rombo in the...
Israel Opposes Syria Truce Deal Over Iran Presence
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes the southwest Syria ceasefire agreed by Russia and the US since it...
Second Qatari Stadium On Schedule
A second stadium being built for the football World Cup 2022 in Qatar will be ready on schedule next year despite...
Qatar Is ‘undermining’ GCC Allies
The United Arab Emirates warned Qatar on Monday it could not belong to the Gulf Cooperation Council if it undermined...
Muslims Heed Calls To Avoid Holy Site Over Israeli Security Measures
Muslims heeded calls Monday not to enter a Jerusalem holy site and protested outside after Israeli authorities...
Jordan Soldier Who Killed US Trainers Jailed For Life
A Jordanian soldier has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for killing three US military trainers last...
Jordanian Soldier Gets Life For Killing 3 US Trainers
A Jordanian court on Monday sentenced a soldier to life imprisonment over the killing of three American military...