An Iraqi lawmaker was Tuesday sentenced to six years jail time for graft after being caught in a sting operation, in a rare trial in a country wracked by government corruption. Mahmud Mullah... Read more

Turkey has warned that US moves to lift a decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus would be a “dangerous escalation,” as relations deteriorated further between the NATO allies. The US Congress vot... Read more

A meeting of Muslim nations to be held in Malaysia failed to attract key Middle Eastern powers amid differences over regional issues, diplomats said. No agenda has been released for the meet... Read more

Asmaa Al-Batakoshi   Violations committed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan seem to be spreading outside Turkey’s borders, as the Turkish President issued orders to abduct his regime’s opponents... Read more

The Libyan Air Force on Tuesday launched three raids targeting Tripoli militias in Ain Zara in the south of the capital, Sky News reported. The Libyan National Army announced at dawn the des... Read more

Russia has submitted to the UN Security Council its draft resolution on delivering humanitarian aid to Syria as an alternative to a document suggested by Germany, Belgium and Kuwait, TASS ne... Read more

December heat records are expected to tumble in Australia from Wednesday as a heatwave moves across South Australia to Victoria and New South Wales. Temperatures are forecast to peak in Vict... Read more

Boeing is temporarily halting production of its grounded 737 Max after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said last week it would not approve the plane’s return to service before 2020... Read more

At least two bookmakers have sent out press releases today about the odds they are offering on the next Labour leader, with Rebecca Long-Bailey the favourite, followed by Lisa Nandy and then... Read more

The UN chief is urging the Security Council to authorize the delivery of critically needed humanitarian aid across borders and conflict lines in Syria for another year, saying this aid mainl... Read more

Kuwait formed a new government on Tuesday, state news agency KUNA reported, a month after the previous one resigned due to a row between ruling family members and parliament. Sheikh Sabah al... Read more

Investigations into violence during protests which led to a number of deaths and injuries have been completed in all provinces except for Dhi Qar, which witnessed some of the worst violence,... Read more

Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court sentenced on Tuesday former Army Chief Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, a senior government official said... Read more

  Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar   The events of 1979 were a watershed in the history of Iran, which transformed from a country with balanced and good regional relations to another seeking... Read more