Police fired rounds of pepper balls at protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday as hundreds took to the streets to demonstrate against the postponement of legislative elections and a new national security law imposed by China. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam postponed the Sept. 6 election for seats in...

Growing up in Iraq, Omar Farhadi would heat up dinner for his Jewish neighbours when they rested on the Sabbath. Few are left, and their heritage risks fading away too. Across Iraq, Jewish roots run deep: Abraham was born in Ur in the southern plains, and the Babylonian Talmud, the central...

India recorded more than 90,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, health ministry figures show early Sunday. The figures are India’s highest daily spike since the pandemic began. Infections have reached 4.11 million and the number of fatalities stand at 70,626 with 1,065...

Morocco is hosting consultations between Libya’s warring rivals to discuss ways of ending the country’s 10-year conflict, a Libyan official said Saturday.  "Meetings are currently underway between committees representing the Libyan government and the Tobruk parliament in...