Sporadic violence hit parts of Delhi overnight as gangs roamed streets littered with the debris of days of sectarian riots that have killed 32 people, police said Thursday. Thousands of riot police and paramilitaries patrolled the affected northeast fringes of the Indian capital of 20...

Malaysia's parliament will convene Monday to decide on the country's next prime minister after days of horse-trading failed to break an impasse, said Mahathir Mohamad, whose resignation triggered the crisis. Mahathir quit this week as premier and the government collapsed, following a bid to...

Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears about a viral epidemic just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a move that came as the Mideast has over 240 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. The extraordinary decision by Saudi Arabia stops...

As the worst-hit areas of Asia continued to struggle with a viral epidemic, with hundreds more cases reported Thursday in South Korea and China, worries about infection and containment spread across the globe. For the first time, the coronavirus has caused more new cases outside China,...

The death toll in China from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 2,746, the country’s National Health Commission said Thursday. The commission said 29 people have died in the past 24 hours while 433 new cases were detected by health authorities, bringing the total number of confirmed...

Hong Kong's riot police officers will begin returning to regular law enforcement duties such as crime prevention and traffic control because violent pro-democracy protests have faded, the force said on Thursday. The announcement came a day after the force was given a 25 percent bump in its...

The Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos staged a general strike Wednesday, as protests against the construction of new migrant camps intensified. For a second day, protesters on Lesbos faced off against riot police near the town of Mantamados, close to the site of a planned camp for up...

Western European powers stepped up efforts on Wednesday to try to save a 2015 deal to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions -- on life support since a 2018 decision by the US to withdraw and reimpose sanctions. Officials from Britain, France and Germany began a meeting in Vienna -- the first since...

Tunisia’s parliament began debating on Wednesday and looked set to approve a new coalition government, after months of political wrangling that has slowed the north African country’s efforts to tackle looming economic problems. Elyes Fakhfakh, who was designated prime minister last month by...

 The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Tuesday extending targeted sanctions for war-torn Yemen following contentious negotiations among the council's member nations. Among the disputes had been whether to refer to U.N. experts’ findings that Yemen’s Houthi Shiite rebels are...

President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Wednesday of trying to spread "fear" in Iran over a deadly outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Coronavirus has claimed the lives of 19 people among 139 infections in Iran, including the deputy health minister -- making it the deadliest...

Egypt will on Wednesday bury its former president Hosni Mubarak, who died at the age of 91, in a military funeral in Cairo. Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was forced out of office by protests in 2011. He spent many of the subsequent years in jail and military hospitals before...

Prince Harry was back in Britain on Wednesday for the first of a final round of public appearances before he and his wife Meghan step back from their royal duties. The Duke of Sussex, who has moved his family to Canada, was pictured arriving in Edinburgh late Tuesday ahead of a meeting of...

The death toll in China from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 2,717, the country’s National Health Commission said Wednesday. The commission said 52 people have died in the past 24 hours while 406 new cases were detected by health authorities, bringing the total number of confirmed...

Rafael Nadal marked his return to action with a straight-sets victory over Pablo Andujar on Tuesday as he launched his bid to reclaim the world number one ranking at the Mexico Open in Acapulco. The 33-year-old Spaniard, playing for the first time since his quarter-final exit to Dominic...

Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives. The two days of unrest -- which has seen clashes between mobs armed with swords and guns -- is the worst...

Saudi sports authorities have launched a women's football league, the latest unlikely extravaganza in the kingdom as it attempts to shrug off its ultra-conservative image. The first season of the 500,000 riyals ($133,000) league for women over 17 will be staged in the cities of Jeddah,...

The UN's Libya mission and world powers on Tuesday urged the country's warring parties to engage in peace efforts, as doubts hung over talks set to start the next day in Geneva. The negotiations are supposed to gather delegates from a Tripoli-based unity government and representatives of an...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said the United States was “deeply concerned” Iran may have covered up details about the spread of coronavirus, and he called on all nations to “tell the truth” about the epidemic. “The United States is deeply concerned by information...

The powerful Shi’ite group Hezbollah is against allowing the International Monetary Fund to manage Lebanon’s financial crisis but does not oppose Lebanon seeking the IMF’s advice, the group’s deputy leader said on Tuesday. Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and designated as a terrorist...