Tag: Asia

Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, is to address the nation Friday night in a televised speech, the first ...

Myanmar is still using the same "tactics" to silence its people as the former junta, the UN's rights envoy said ...

Justin Bieber is not welcome to perform in China because of his "bad behaviour", Beijing authorities have said, after the ...

The Indian army opened fire on a group of stone-throwing protesters Friday, killing one youth and injuring another in Indian-administered ...

The United Nations on Friday blamed a Saudi-led coalition for a deadly air strike on civilians in Yemen this week, ...

The United States will bar Americans from travelling to North Korea in the coming weeks, two travel agencies said Friday, ...

Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and protests ...

Aids deaths halve as more get drugs Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The ...

Despite global sanctions over its weapons programmes, North Korea's economy grew at the fastest pace in 17 years thanks to ...

Israeli police said they were barring men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions ...

The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to ...

Qatar announced on Thursday changes to its anti-terror legislation, one of the controversial issues at the core of the crisis ...

A hugely moving debut drama about exile set in a Vietnamese restaurant has become a surprise hit at the world's ...

There was the infamous Hong Kong "killer pitch", an 11th-hour cancellation of a Manchester derby in Beijing and now Arsenal ...

Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used ...

From Palmyra to Paris: "Syrian Billy Elliot" Ahmad Joudeh is set on showing the real image of his nation and ...

Qatar on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of being behind the "hacking" of its national news agency that triggered ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin to swiftly remove metal detectors that have ...

Iran threatened to reciprocate Kuwait's decision to expel most of its diplomats on Thursday, saying the accusations that Tehran was ...

Saudi Arabia said Thursday that Qataris wanting to perform this year's hajj will be authorised to enter the kingdom for ...