Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, Benny Gantz, have both vowed to lead Israel’s next government, despite early results and exit polls appearing to show neither […]

At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike by Syrian government forces in northwestern Idlib province as Turkey vowed “to respond in kind” with attacks […]

Opposition parties in Burundi are accusing authorities of intimidating, arresting and murdering its members ahead of the May presidential elections. Police on Tuesday said they had […]

Residents on two Greek islands clashed with police on Tuesday over the building of new migrant detention camps. Crowds attempted to stop police from disembarking on […]

Drawing lessons from what happened in Iran, Saudi Arabia’s decision to temporarily halt all religious pilgrimages does not come as a surprise. Most of the coronavirus […]

Reports say, one doubts Saudi Arabia’s pilgrimage ban be there until July and August,when Hajj is due. But Umrah pilgrimages go on all year round – […]

At least 20 people have been killed during days of violence in the Indian capital Delhi, where groups of Hindus have been clashing with Muslims protesting […]

Ethiopia said it would release dozens of high-profile prisoners from jail, including opposition activists held over an alleged coup and other high-ranking government critics. A spokesman […]

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Agency on Tuesday warned of a “major hunger threat” in East Africa, as a small group of desert locusts entered […]

  Europe confronted its first major outbreak of the coronavirus as an eruption of more than 150 cases in Italy prompted officials on Sunday to lock […]

The Malaysian prime minister, 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad, has submitted his resignation to the king. Mr Mahathir’s shock resignation comes amid rumours that he may form a […]

Togolese president Faure Gnassingbé has won a fourth term in office, according to provisional results declared by the national election commission. On Monday, the commission said […]

Nine people were killed and buildings collapsed across south-eastern Turkey when a magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck near the border with Iran, injuring more than 100 in both […]

South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir on Friday appointed rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, paving way for the formation of a unity government that seeks […]

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigned on Thursday but stayed on as interim leader while the country’s three main parties battle out coalition talks after an inconclusive election. […]

A rubber dinghy packed with 91 migrants that set out from Libyan shores in hopes of reaching Europe has apparently gone missing in the Mediterranean. According […]

Thousands of people across Germany are gathering on Thursday evening to pay tribute to the nine people killed the previous evening when a gunman opened fire […]

Lesotho’s prime minister is set to resign after a top police official said on Thursday that he will be charged with the June 2017 killing of […]

There was dram and excitement as a Ugandan court on Thursday acquitted popular activist Stella Nyanzi, ordering her immediate release from jail. According to reports, Nyanzi […]

Reports say, a man suspected of fatally shooting several people in the German city of Hanau was found dead at his home early Thursday, hours after […]