Somalia's government has ordered the United Nations envoy to the country to leave, amid questions over the arrest of the Al-Shabab militant group's former deputy leader who had run for a regional presidency. A Foreign Ministry statement late Tuesday accuses Nicholas Haysom of diplomatic...

Saudi Arabia announced plans Wednesday to build an entertainment complex in the capital Riyadh, the latest in a series of state-backed efforts to encourage public leisure activities after decades of tight social restrictions. The 100,000 square metre complex will be developed by the...

Britain is failing victims of forced marriage, campaigners said Wednesday, after the government pledged to investigate reports women were being charged to be rescued. An investigation by Britain's Times newspaper found adult victims were being made to pay for emergency repatriation,...

Two women defied a centuries-old ban on entering a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala Wednesday, sparking rowdy protests and calls for a strike by conservative Hindu groups outraged by their visit. Police fired teargas and used water cannons to disperse a large crowd of...