Tag: Asia

Israel's army boosted security Thursday and braced for possibile unrest on the eve of the main weekly Muslim prayers after ...

A Saudi prince was arrested Thursday on King Salman's order, a state-run broadcaster reported, as outrage grew on social media ...

Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her boys at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. ...

Turkey on Thursday accused Cyprus of taking "dangerous" steps in its search for energy resources in the Mediterranean, two weeks ...

Kuwait on Thursday ordered the expulsion of about 15 Iranian diplomats after the emirate's top court convicted a "terror" cell ...

India's stand in its border dispute with China is supported by other countries, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said Thursday as ...

The annual Hong Kong book fair has always been a source of politically sensitive titles banned in China, but this ...

AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, ...

Limits on foreign ownership of the Philippine telecom industry should be lifted to attract investment and improve its service, a ...

Six Syrian actors battled a fraught US visa process to tread the boards in New York this week, seeking to ...

Emirates has announced it will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Khartoum from five to seven a week ...

Surging global demand for Asian exports and low oil prices will help China and the region's developing economies grow faster ...

Bahrain has slapped terrorism charges on an activist who tweeted criticism of the government's treatment of women, Amnesty International said ...

A former Thai general has been sentenced to 27 years in jail for human trafficking at a landmark trial. Manas ...

New signing Dominic Solanke came off the bench to score as Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in a preseason game ...

An attack on Lebanese troops raiding a Syrian refugee camp has stirred violent debate and polarised opinions, with rising calls ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced the EU's political demands on Israel as "absolutely crazy", in remarks leaked from ...

Israel plans a new field hospital along the demarcation line with Syria to treat patients from the war-hit country, the ...

Saudi police have released without charge a woman who was filmed in a miniskirt at a historic site in the ...

Saudi Arabia's national carrier said a US ban on laptops and tablets in the cabins of its US-bound planes had ...