Tag: Geography of Asia

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Friday thanked Iraq's top Shiite cleric for his role in the war against jihadists, crediting him ...

Pakistan is beefing up security in the tribal northwest, the military said Friday, after days of protests over twin blasts ...

An Israeli warplane struck a Syrian army post on Friday, the Israeli military said, hours after stray fire from Syria's ...

An Israeli warplane struck a Syrian army post on Friday, hours after stray fire from Syria's civil war hit the ...

Nearly half a million displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, mainly to find ...

The UN voiced outrage Friday at the demand from Gulf countries that Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera shut down, describing it as ...

India condemned a new road that China is building on their Himalayan border on Friday, saying it raises "serious security" ...

When about a hundred Arab Christians recently attended the small church at Ein Qiniye in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, it ...

US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart held talks Thursday on how to halt North Korea's nuclear drive, ...

Three of Beijing's outposts on contested South China Sea reefs are close to being ready for the deployment of military ...

The United States urged China Thursday to respect civil liberties in Hong Kong, including press freedom, as the territory marked ...

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Thursday sealed off the last route used by the Islamic State group to flee ...

The Islamic State group has lost more than 60 percent of its territory and 80 percent of its revenue, an ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Hong Kong to mark 20 years since the territory was handed back to ...

The defence minister of Qatar is to visit its ally Turkey on Friday, state media reported, as Ankara resists pressure ...

Ten people were killed and two others injured when a chairlift cable broke, sending riders plunging into a ravine in ...

A Chinese aircraft carrier is steaming towards Hong Kong for celebrations marking 20 years since Britain gave back the former ...

Six soldiers were killed in Yemen on Thursday, a military source said, as government forces seek to cement their control ...

The ruler of Dubai has taken to verse to urge Qatar to concede to the demands of Saudi Arabia and ...

Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff has been brought forward by two days to July 7 due to a traditional sporting festival, ...