Asian markets rose Tuesday after a slow start to the day, as investors brushed off a weak lead from Wall Street while looking ahead for the release of Chinese growth data. With few catalysts to drive business regional equities at first struggled for traction but picked up as the day wore...

Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Tuesday. In a statement, the army said that the individuals had been detained for “suspected involvement in popular hostile activities”. It did not...

Egypt's parliament, packed with loyalists of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is to vote Tuesday on changes to the constitution that could keep the former military chief in power until 2030. The proposed amendments were initially introduced in February by a parliamentary bloc supportive of...

A YouTube fact-check feature which is meant to tackle misinformation accidentally tagged live broadcasts of a fire engulfing Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris with details about the 9/11 terror attacks. The blaze erupted in the UNESCO world heritage landmark in the French capital Monday,...