An Algerian appeals court upheld the conviction of a journalist on Tuesday in what rights campaigners called a new crackdown on dissent aimed at preventing the revival of mass protests that toppled veteran ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika last year. The Hirak popular protest movement brought...

 A group of 50 Democratic and Republican members of Congress is due to unveil $1.5 trillion bipartisan coronavirus relief legislation on Tuesday, in an election year effort to break a month-long impasse in COVID-19 talks between the White House and top Democrats. London judges,...

Turkey must rein in Syrian rebels it supports in northern Syria who may have carried out kidnappings, torture and looting of civilian property, United Nations war crimes investigators said on Tuesday. The panel also said transfers of Syrian nationals detained by the opposition Syrian...

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "five or six" more Arab countries were poised to agree to normalize relations with Israel, in line with the landmark accords struck between the Jewish State and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. "We're very far down the road with about five...

The UN human chief warned Tuesday "the specter of famine" has returned to conflict-torn Yemen and for the first time singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait for giving nothing to this year’s $3.4 billion appeal. Mark Lowcock told the UN Security Council that famine in...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would be willing to sell other countries in the Middle East the same weapons systems sold to Israel, noting the region's wealth and saying it would be good for the United States and US jobs. "They're very wealthy countries for the most part,"...

A roadside bombing targeted British diplomatic vehicles in Baghdad Tuesday, the British Embassy and Iraqi officials said. There were no injuries but the attack is fueling concerns of armed groups outside of the state's control. The attack targeted an embassy convoy on a Baghdad highway...

 The United Arab Emirates' foreign minister said Tuesday that the presence of the United States as a mediator of the country's deal to normalise relations with Israel assures him that the suspension of further annexation of Palestinian lands will hold. Minister of state for foreign...

 Police on the Greek island of Lesbos have arrested five migrants suspected of setting a fire that destroyed Europe's largest camp of Moria last week, a minister said Tuesday. "Five young foreign nationals have been arrested, and a sixth has been identified and is sought," Citizen's...

UN-backed investigators pointed Tuesday to signs that Syria’s government continues to perpetrate rape, torture and murder as the country’s nine-year conflict grinds on, while citing possible war crimes by a Turkey-backed coalition of rebel groups and calling on Ankara to do more to help prevent...

Iran warned the US Tuesday against making a "strategic mistake" after President Donald Trump threatened Tehran over reports it planned to avenge the killing of top general Qasem Soleimani. "We hope that they do not make a new strategic mistake and certainly in the case of any strategic...

 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Tuesday warned France that its efforts to resolve the crisis in Lebanon would be in vain without immediately tackling the issue of Iran-backed Hezbollah's weaponry. President Emmanuel Macron has spearheaded international efforts to set Lebanon on a...

After recording over 90,000 daily coronavirus cases for the past five days, India on Tuesday saw a slight drop in the daily figures as it registered 83,809 new infections over the last 24 hours. According to the Health Ministry figures, the caseload has crossed 4.93 million, second highest...

China on Tuesday said it has decided to exempt tariffs on some US products for one more year, a move seen as another concession in an ongoing trade dispute between the two economic giants. The Customs Tariff Commission of China’s State Council said no additional tariffs will be imposed on...

Continuing its space buildup, China on Tuesday sent at least nine satellites into space, official media said. The satellites from the Jilin-1 Gaofen 03-1 group took off from the Yellow Sea at 9:23 am (0123 GMT), Xinhua News reported. The indigenously-built Long March-11 carrier rocket...

Roughly 800 of the thousands of asylum seekers who fled a fire that destroyed Europe's biggest migrant camp have been housed at a temporary site on the island of Lesbos, Greece's migration ministry said. Among them, 21 have tested positive for coronavirus, the ministry said late Monday....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "no intention" of discussing peace with the Palestinians, opposition leader Yair Lapid told AFP ahead of the signing of a landmark deal with the UAE. US President Donald Trump will host a ceremony on Tuesday at which Netanyahu will sign...

Healthcare services are being jeopardised by lack of access to coronavirus testing, hospital bosses in England warned on Tuesday. NHS Providers, which represents the heads of hospital trusts in the state-run National Health Service, said there were "current capacity problems with the...

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump will host the...

Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday as worries over a slow recovery in global fuel demand, depressed by the coronavirus pandemic, chimed with bleak outlook warnings by major oil producers. Brent crude  was down 4 cents, or 0.1%, at $39.57 a barrel by 0642 GMT, while U.S. West Texas...