Former Egyptian premier Ahmed Shafiq Sunday announced he will not stand in the 2018 presidential elections, reversing a pledge to challenge at polls likely to be dominated by leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. "I have decided to not run in the upcoming 2018 presidential elections," Shafiq...

A Saudi coalition jet was reportedly shot down by Houthi fighters over Yemen's northern Saada province on Sunday, with two crew lost in the war-torn country. A UK-made Tornado jet, which is used by Saudi Arabia's air force was downed by the Houthi rebels, according to an official...

At least two people were injured in an explosion at a metro station in a southern district of the Swedish capital Stockholm on Sunday. Fire department spokesman Lars-Ake Stevelind said the blast occurred at 11.07. am local time (1007GMT) at the Varby Gard metro station. He added...

Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official said, after the country’s Supreme Leader said early learning of the language opened the way to a Western “cultural invasion”. “Teaching English in government and non-government primary...