Tag: Geography of Asia

Dozens of migrants were rescued off the coast of Cyprus on Wednesday after their small fishing boat ran aground near ...

Demolition of one of the Middle East's oldest breweries began this week in the Lebanese capital to make way for ...

A bomb attack on a bus in Syria's third city Homs killed five people and wounded at least seven on ...

Four Syrian towns are to be evacuated under an agreement between pro-government forces and rebels, in the latest of a ...

In the Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, time stands still. The Islamic State group was expelled in October 2016, but ...

Provincial councillors in disputed, oil-rich Kirkuk province voted Tuesday to fly the Kurdish regional flag over government buildings, a move ...

Rare wild tigers have been discovered by scientists after the cats wandered past a set of camera traps set deep ...

A political deal to end the Syrian conflict is not possible without a strong US role, the opposition's chief negotiator ...

Conservationists on Tuesday hailed the discovery of a new breeding population of tigers in Thailand as a "miraculous" victory for ...

The Saudi Film Festival opened Monday with 58 homegrown cinematic works to be screened in the ultra-conservative kingdom that continues ...

When Syria's war came to 73-year-old Joseph Mghazi's street in the Abbasiyeen neighbourhood of Damascus, he ignored his neighbour's entreaties ...

One of the largest investors in the UK has committed £5bn of new money to invest in transport, property and ...

Qatar will invest £5 billion in Britain within five years in a boost for the post-Brexit economy, Prime Minister Sheikh ...

Saudi Arabia on Monday cut taxes on oil companies in a major move that could attract investments in its energy ...

The Philippines Monday took delivery of two Japanese military surveillance aircraft to help it patrol vital sea lanes in the ...

Pakistan has begun building a fence along its border with Afghanistan to curtail the movement of militants, its army said, ...

Carrie Lam (2nd L) smiled as officials counted votes during the election arrie Lam, Hong Kong's former deputy chief and ...

The target is behind a slope, the advance is unprotected: crawl, fire! Italian instructors in western Afghanistan have been using ...

Fifteen-year-old Mohammed enthusiastically helps the staff of a makeshift hospital set up in the bullet-scarred school in west Mosul where ...

The United Nations' Syria envoy sent an urgent appeal Saturday to Russia, Iran and Turkey seeking help to restore a ...