Oman and Iran were cooperating on navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Oman’s minister in charge of foreign affairs said on Sunday after meeting Iranian officials in Tehran. Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah added that there is a need for all parties to maintain contact to avoid more...

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh refuse to return to Myanmar unless they are recognized as an ethnic group in their home country, leaders told visiting Myanmar officials Sunday as fresh repatriation talks started. A campaign by Myanmar's military in response to insurgent attacks in 2017...

Russian President Vladimir Putin led Russia's first major naval parade in years Sunday, the day after a violent police crackdown on anti-government protesters in Moscow. Putin Sunday morning went aboard one of the vessels in the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland. The...

Regime and russian bombardment on Sunday killed 9 civilians in northwestern Syria where ramped up attacks by the two allies have claimed hundreds of lives since April, a war monitor said. Idlib and parts of the neighbouring provinces of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia are under the control of...