Brussels, May 18 :  The EU launched formal steps today aimed at sparing European firms fallout from US sanctions on Iran as part of efforts to preserve the nuclear deal...

Cairo, May 18: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has made a rare decision to open the Rafah crossing with Gaza for a month, allowing Palestinians to cross during the holy...

Ramallah, May 15: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas withdrew his top representative to the United States today, the foreign ministry announced, a day after the US moved its Israeli embassy to...

Brussels, May 15 :  Iran's foreign minister said today that efforts to save the nuclear deal after the abrupt US withdrawal were "on the right track" as he began talks...

Jerusalem, May 15 :  Israel ordered the Turkish consul in Jerusalem to leave for an unspecified period of time today, the foreign ministry said, after Turkey demanded the same of the...

Beijing, May  15 : China today called for restraint, "especially" from Israel, after 59 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during clashes and protests along the Gaza border against the US...

Sydney, May 15 : Australian cricket great Mark Waugh today quit as a national selector to take up a television commentary role as broadcasters jockey for top talent after a...

Surabaya, May 14 :  A family of five, including a child, carried out the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya today, police said, a day...

Baghdad, May 14 :  An alliance headed by nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr and a rival bloc of pro-Iranian former fighters appeared to surge today in surprise preliminary results from Iraq's...

Jalalabad (Afghanistan), May 13 :  At least nine people were killed and more than 30 injured when militants detonated bombs and stormed a government building today in a continuing attack...