The Fair Work Ombudsman has said Qantas is paying back millions of dollars to hundreds of workers it underpaid for up to eight years. The airline had so far paid back $7.1m to 638 staff at h... Read more

The coronavirus health crisis may lead to a slump in global carbon emissions this year but the outbreak poses a threat to long-term climate action by undermining investment in clean energy,... Read more

The UK and the EU have agreed to “dial down the rhetoric” over Brexit in an effort to open up space for a deal, it has emerged. Brussels and London are expected to produce legal texts of the... Read more

US forces have carried out air strikes in Iraq against what the Pentagon described as five weapons storage sites run by an Iranian-back militia, in retaliation for a rocket attack which kill... Read more

When Malaysia’s government plunged into chaos last month, some believed the country’s veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad was likely to emerge an even more powerful political force. Instead, it... Read more

In the midst of a winter storm last month, Mahdi al-Beij pitched his tent on the edge of a graveyard, hoping to have finally outrun a war that had hounded him and his clan throughout the pro... Read more

US carried out airstrikes on five positions of the Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah in Babylon, southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday. The airstrikes targeted the infrastructure of... Read more

Ali Ragab   It seems that the coronavirus pandemic has defeated the Iranian regime, which finally gave up and requested a financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)... Read more

Italy will close all shops excepts food stores and pharmacies as the country tackles with the largest outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in Europe, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said... Read more

Emirates, one of the world’s biggest international airlines, expects to cancel more flights as the coronavirus outbreak weighs further on global travel demand, according to an internal email... Read more

Saudi Arabia suspended events in wedding halls, rest houses, event venues and in hotels, an official source in the Saudi Ministry of Interior announced on Friday, as part of efforts to the p... Read more

  Robert el-Fares   In February 2020, coronavirus has steadily spread throughout Iran with the mullahs’ regime having a hand in the rapid spread of this virus in various regi... Read more

Iraq’s military Thursday said it opened an investigation into a rocket attack hours earlier that killed three servicemen, including two Americans, at an Iraqi base housing coalition forces.... Read more