U.S. President Donald Trump has said that his administration was working with Pakistan in a "very positive way" in the fight against terrorism. Addressing more than 100,000 people at a stadium in Ahmedabad, capital of India’s western province of Gujarat, Trump said: “The United States and...

UN chief Antonio Guterres launched a "call to action" on Monday against rising attacks on human rights, highlighting the persecution of minorities and "alarming levels of femicide". "Human rights are under assault," said the secretary-general as he opened the UN Human Rights Council's main...

Kuwait and Bahrain on Monday recorded their first new coronavirus cases, all involving people who had visited Iran, which has reported 43 cases of the disease, state media said. Kuwait detected the virus in three people among 700 who had been evacuated on Saturday from the northeastern...

Hannaa Jassem bends over a patient in a makeshift clinic on the edge of Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, one of a handful of women in an overwhelmingly male world of demonstrations and political confrontation. The 24-year-old works as a nurse in a hospital in Iraq’s capital during the week, and...

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has submited his resignation to the king, his office said Monday.  Speculations are rife over what led to the resignation with local media reporting two different scenarios. Malaysiakini, an online news portal, quoted an unnamed source...

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattled Manisa province in western Turkey early Monday, according to the country’s top disaster management body. The quake occurred at 05.43 local time (0243GMT), said the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).  It struck at a depth of 7...

The death toll in China from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 2,594, the country’s National Health Commission said Monday. The commission said 150 people have died in the past 24 hours while 409 new cases were detected by health authorities, bringing the total number of confirmed cases...

Iraqi security forces killed one person and wounded seven on Sunday when they opened fire on protesters in Baghdad, security and medical sources said. Iraq is facing an extraordinary domestic crisis, with nearly 500 people killed since Oct. 1. Protesters are demanding the ousting of...

Around 10,000 protesters marched through the central German town of Hanau Sunday to mourn the nine people who were killed by an immigrant-hating gunman four days ago. "These days and hours are the blackest and darkest our town has ever experienced during peace times," Hanau mayor Claus...

Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of Islamist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Site Intelligence Group reported on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump announced earlier this month that the United States had killed al-Raymi in a...

Twenty rockets were fired from Gaza toward southern Israel Sunday, hours after Israel said it killed a Palestinian who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence. There was no immediate claim for the rocket fire, but it appeared to be meant to avenge the death of the...

 Forces loyal to Libyan eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said on Sunday they had killed 16 Turkish soldiers in recent weeks, a day after Turkey acknowledged it had lost several “martyrs” in combat in the north African country. Khalid al-Mahjoub, a spokesman for Haftar’s...

France is ready to support Lebanon financially - bilaterally or multilaterally - its finance minister said on Sunday, warning against mixing economic recovery in the small Mediterranean state with U.S.-led efforts to counter Iran in the region. "France always stands ready to help Lebanon....

The Saudi-led coalition said it launched air raids Sunday targeting ballistic missile and drone depots in Yemen's capital of the Iran-backed Huthis, two days after the rebels fired missiles into the kingdom. Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the coalition fighting alongside Yemen's...

Mobile phone services were restored across swathes of Taliban-contested areas of Afghanistan over the weekend as a partial truce with the militants held for a second day. The Taliban, US and Afghan forces are currently overseeing a week-long "reduction in violence" that kicked off on...

President Donald Trump's national security adviser said he's seen no intelligence indicating that Russia is doing anything to try to help get the president re-elected. Robert O'Brien's comments were released Saturday in a transcript of an interview with ABC's "This Week with George...

 Iraq has extended an entry ban for any non-Iraqis coming from Iran, the prime minister said, as authorities in Tehran announced 15 more cases of coronavirus and a death toll of eight. Baghdad had banned crossings by non-Iraqis from Iran Thursday for three days and Prime Minister Adel...

An Israeli cycling team raced through Dubai Sunday, taking part in the UAE Tour for the first time in the latest overture between the two countries, which have no diplomatic relations. Gulf Arab nations have made a number of recent moves hinting at warmer ties with the Jewish state, with...

Iran's interior minister said on Sunday that 42.6 percent of eligible voters turned out at the country's parliamentary election, in remarks aired live on state television. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the participation rate was "acceptable" for Iran after it experienced bad weather, an air...

The surge in the number of new coronavirus cases in Italy has hit sporting events as four Serie A football matches were postponed on Sunday, with Inter Milan's Europa League game next week also in doubt. The match between Torino and Parma in the northern city of Turin was called off Sunday...