Dubai-based airline Emirates Airline said Friday it rerouted flights to avoid "areas of possible conflict", a day after Iran shot down a US reconnaissance drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Some of the world's leading carriers, including British Airways, Qantas and Singapore Airlines,...

Several hundred people rallied in Hong Kong Friday after the expiry of a deadline protesters set for the government to completely scrap a controversial extradition bill, in the latest wave of protests in the Chinese-ruled city. Demonstrators, mostly students dressed in black, gathered...

Georgian police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters demanding snap parliamentary polls after a Russian lawmaker addressed the assembly from the speaker's seat, causing uproar in Tbilisi. About 10,000 protesters had gathered outside parliament after a controversial address by...

The United States is trying to create “Iran phobia”, Iran’s defence minister Amir Hatami said on Friday, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA). “Very complicated and suspicious conditions exist in the region,” he was quoted as saying. “It seems that all of this is in line with...

U.S. President Donald Trump approved military strikes Friday against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned $130-million surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching the attacks, the New York Times said. Trump had initially approved strikes on a handful of targets such as...

es to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries, rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to sidestep Congress’ review of such deals by declaring an emergency over Iran. Trump has promised to veto the Senate action in order to proceed with the deals, worth some $8.1...

 Apple Inc said on Thursday it would recall a limited number of 15-inch MacBook Pro units as their batteries are susceptible to overheating and pose a “fire safety risk”. The units were sold between September 2015 and February 2017 and can be identified by their product serial number,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday called on the international community to support the United States against Iran as tensions between the two countries escalated after the downing of a U.S. drone by Iran. "In the last 24 hours Iran has intensified its aggression against the...

The Iran-aligned Houthis launched military operations against Jizan airport in southern Saudi Arabia, their Al-Masirah TV said Thursday, but there was no immediate comment from Saudi authorities. The broadcaster said the operation disrupted air traffic at the airport, an assertion which...

A top Sudanese general said Thursday that the mastermind behind a deadly crackdown on protesters has been identified, but refused to name him saying it would impact a probe into the raid. Crowds of protesters were violently dispersed on June 3 by men in military uniforms, shooting and...

Iran's foreign minister said on Twitter that a U.S. military drone that was shot down by Tehran Thursday had taken off from the United Arab Emirates. "At 00:14 US drone took off from UAE in stealth mode & violated Iranian airspace. It was targeted at 04:05 at the coordinates (25°59'43"N...

The EU on Thursday agreed to extend by another year sanctions on Russia in response to its illegal annexation of Crimea. "The measures apply to EU persons and EU based companies. They are limited to the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol," the EU said in a statement. The economic...

The United States Thursday added Saudi Arabia and Cuba to its blacklist of countries that it says are not doing enough to fight human trafficking, a designation that could bring sanctions. In an annual report, the State Department faulted ally Saudi Arabia for rampant violations against its...

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Tehran had made a "very big" error, after Iranian forces shot down a U.S. spy drone near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. "Iran made a very big mistake!" he tweeted in his first public reaction to the strike. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that U.S moves against technology giant Huawei aimed to weaken China, while U.S. tariffs sought to hold the Chinese economy back. Putin was speaking at his annual televised question and answer conference.

Palestinian businessmen boycotting the Trump administration’s Bahrain workshop designed to encourage investment in the territories say only a diplomatic path to statehood can end decades of conflict with Israel. The United States has billed the June 25-26 gathering in the Gulf kingdom as an...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday said he did not expect the United States to impose sanctions on Turkey over its planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system and repeated that it was a "done deal." Speaking at a rare news conference for foreign media in Istanbul,...

 Sudan's military council Thursday dismissed public prosecutor Alwaleed Sayed Ahmed Mahmoud and appointed Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah to succeed him, prosecution sources told Reuters. The move comes as authorities investigate the dispersal of a protest camp outside the Defense Ministry in...

A Yemeni rebel strike targeted a desalination plant in the southwestern Saudi province of Jizan, a Riyadh-led military coalition fighting the rebels said Thursday. The projectile struck near the plant in the Al-Shuqaiq area of Jizan late Wednesday, coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki was...

The United Nations’ top human rights official arrived in Venezuela Wednesday for a visit that comes amid heightened international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly silencing opponents with jail, torture and excessive violence. On her first visit to the South American...