by Saif Khalid: Millions of Bangladeshis are set to vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections amid concerns expressed by rights bodies over “restrictive electoral environment”. Voting will start at 8 am local time…
by Rifat Fareed : Six rebels were killed in a gunfight in Arampora village of Tral in the southern part of Indian-administered Kashmir as India continues to intensify its operations in the disputed region. Swayam…
Clashes have continued in Yemen’s flashpoint city of Hodeidah for a third day, despite a UN-brokered ceasefire that is expected to go into effect at midnight local time (21:00 GMT)…
Afghanistan’s presidential election will take place next year on April 20 with results due by June, the electoral authority in the conflict-ridden country announced. The 12-day registration of presidential hopefuls…
Malaysia has said it filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two of the US bank’s former employees, in connection with a corruption and money-laundering probe at the state fund 1MDB. Goldman Sachs…
by Farah Najjar : Gulf leaders and officials are meeting in Riyadh for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on Sunday as a diplomatic crisis continues to grip the Gulf region. The…
by Faras Ghani : There were 258 million international migrants in the world last year, increasing almost 50 percent since 2000, according to the United Nations. If all of the world’s international migrants lived…
At least three people have been killed and eight wounded after a suicide bomber hit a protest site in the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to local media reports. Tolo News, a…
Hours away from an international conference in Italy’s Palermo city to kick off a new United Nations road map for Libya, the participation of rebel General Khalifa Haftar remains uncertain. Haftar heads one of Libya’s key rebel…
About 200 people gathered in Istanbul to honour the memory of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, demanding justice over the killing. Supporters met on Sunday to talk and watch videos of…