South Korea's central bank on Thursday tweaked upwards its growth forecast for Asia's fourth-largest economy this year, citing strong exports. Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol said the bank was...
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday suspended negotiations with Washington aimed at ending sanctions against Khartoum, after the United States extended its embargo for another three...
Sudan voiced regret on Wednesday over a US decision to keep sanctions in place for another three months but expressed hopes the punitive measures will still be lifted soon. US President Donald Trump...
A first herd of boycott-busting cows has been airlifted to Qatar to boost milk supplies five weeks after neighbouring Gulf states cut links with the emirate. The several dozen Holsteins were flown in...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, touring the crisis-hit Gulf for a round of intense shuttle diplomacy, arrived in Saudi Arabia Wednesday for talks with four Arab states boycotting Qatar....
Eleven migrant labourers died of asphyxiation in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a fire that engulfed the windowless house they shared, Saudi authorities said. "Firefighters put out a blaze in an old...
Iran and Oman will work to boost their ties, the Islamic republic's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, as a diplomatic crisis persists in the Gulf. "Iran and Oman have for years had...
China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's expansion of its military presence abroad. Chinese sailors sailed out of a naval base in...
PRESIDENT of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last Monday urged the government of Qatar to ensure that the maltreatment of Ghanaians who travel to the Gulf State ceases. THE...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday opted to extend by three months the deadline on whether to lift decades-old sanctions against Sudan, saying "more time is needed" for review. Trump was to decide...
Sudan could fall back into war if Washington fails to lift decades-old sanctions, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour has said, insisting that Khartoum sees the embargo as "unacceptable". US President...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Qatar Tuesday for talks on the Gulf diplomatic crisis as leaks of secret agreements between regional powers triggered fresh tensions. Hopes of a...
Kuwait, the United States and Britain Monday called on all sides in the Gulf crisis to resolve their dispute through dialogue and expressed "deep concern" over the continued rift. Their call was...
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed dissatisfaction about the way Ghanaian nationals are treated in the Gulf especially in Qatar. Speaking to the new...
Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in squalid Bangladeshi camps face staying "for some more time", the UN high commissioner for refugees said Monday. Filippo Grandi, the...
Britain's High Court ruled on Monday that UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia are not unlawful, after campaigners argued the weapons were used to violate international humanitarian law in bombing Yemen....
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives Monday in Kuwait, the key mediator between Qatar and its Arab neighbours, for talks aimed at defusing the Gulf's worst crisis in years. Tillerson will...
Hopes are running high in Sudan that US President Donald Trump will decide this week to lift Washington's sanctions on Khartoum, despite rights groups calling for the decades-old embargo to be...
With only meagre belongings stuffed into backpacks and duffel bags, tens of thousands of Myanmar migrants have streamed home across the Thai border over the past two weeks. But it is not a joyous...
South Sudan on Sunday marked its sixth independence anniversary in muted fashion, with no official celebration as the world's newest nation reels from a brutal and destructive ongoing civil war. A...
