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Houthis make new military progress in NE Yemen

Fighters of the Houthi rebel group on Sunday made a new on-ground military progress and captured a strategic city in the northeastern province of al-Jawf. Following weeks of intense armed confrontat

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Guinea delays disputed referendum that could extend Conde's rule

Guinea's President Alpha Conde greets his supporters in capital Conakry, October 31, 2019. (Photo by Cellou Binani/AFP via Getty Images). Guinea's President Alpha Conde has delayed Sunday's co

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Iran Remains Open to Any Offer on Stabilising Situation Around JCPOA - Deputy FM

Iran remains open to any offer on stabilizing the situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, Deputy Foreign Minist

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Mahathir says trying to establish non-partisan gov't in Malaysia

Malaysian interim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad broke the silence on Wednesday since his resignation, saying that he was willing to return to power if there was suff

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Iran’s state TV: Hardliners win all seats for Tehran in vote

Iranian hardliners have won all 30 parliamentary seats in the capital, Tehran, state TV reported on Sunday, but officials have yet to announce the voter turnout from th

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Trump plans to raise issue of religious freedom with Indian PM Modi: official

U.S. President Donald Trump will raise the issue of religious freedom in India during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, a senior administration

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Macron Says Not Certain If EU and UK Will Have Trade Deal By End of Year

The United Kingdom officially withdrew from the European Union on 31 January and is now in an 11-month transition period to decide on its future economic and political

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Libya's recognized government withdraws from ceasefire negotiations

Libyan President Faiez Mustafa Serraj addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. /Reuters Libya's internationally recognised

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UN negotiator seeks to overcome sticking issues as Libya talks resume

Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj, Libya's internationally recognized government's Prime Minister, visits Tripoli port after an attack, in Tripoli, Libya, February 19, 2020. /Reuters Fayez Mustafa al-Sa

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Trump announces pardons for several high-profile individuals

President Donald Trump announced pardons for several high-profile individuals in addition to commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.The White Ho

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Barr mulls resigning over Trump's tweets: Sources

Just hours after President Donald Trump openly defied his public pleas to stop tweeting about criminal matters in the Justice Department, Attorney General Bill Barr tol

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India summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan's remarks on Kashmir

India summoned the Turkish ambassador on Monday to lodge a diplomatic protest over President Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on the disputed region of Kashmir and warned it wo

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Over 1,100 former Justice Department officials call for William Barr's resignation after his handling of Roger Stone's sentencing

Over 1,100 former officials at the US Department of Justice have called on US Attorney General William Barr to resign over the DOJ’s handling of Roger Stone’s sentencin

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Former US attorney resigns from Treasury after nomination withdrawal

FILE PHOTO: Jessie Liu, the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks during the Washington Area Law Enforcement Memorial Service. /Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Jessie Liu, t

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Thousands of Iranians mark revolution anniversary amid peak tensions with U.S.

Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran and other cities on Tuesday morning to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, again

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Iran satellite launch fails, in blow to space programme

Iran said it "successfully" launched a satellite Sunday but failed to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme that the US alleges is a cover for missile dev

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Chinese, Senegalese FMs discuss fight against epidemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Senegalese Foreign Minister Amadou Ba held a phone conversation on Saturday on the fight against the epidemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia