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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been invited to an upcoming summit in the Saudi capital with President Donald Trump and world leaders from across the Muslim world. (Photo: AP)

Sudan's Bashir, wanted for war crimes, invited to Trump summit

Bashir has evaded arrest since his indictment by Intern'l Criminal Court in 2009 for alleged genocide,war crimes, crimes...

17 May 2017 4:23 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Photo: AP)

Iran's first VP Eshaq Jahangiri quits presidential race, backs Hassan...

'I will vote for Mr Rouhani in the presidential election,'Jahangiri said as he announced he was withdrawing his...

17 May 2017 9:38 AM IST

Yemen: At least 124 killed in cholera outbreak over past two weeks

Yemen: At least 124 killed in cholera outbreak over past two weeks

Jamie McGoldrick told reporters Monday that another 11,100 people were believed to have been infected.

17 May 2017 8:48 AM IST

Hana Khatib. (Photo: Twitter/Avi Mayer)

Israel's first woman Sharia judge sworn in

Hana Khatib, an attorney from the northern town of Tamra, became a qadi, judge in Arabic, in the Muslim court system.

16 May 2017 12:54 PM IST

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers. (Photo: AP)

Afghan forces retake Qala-i-Zal district from ISIS

The defence ministry said one insurgent had been killed in the operation, there was no word on any casualties among...

16 May 2017 12:31 PM IST

A ball of fire rises following an air strike hits insurgents positions in eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: AP)

23 dead in US-led strike on ISIS-controlled Syrian town

The deaths came after another strike by the US-led coalition in Raqa province on Sunday that killed 12 women.

15 May 2017 4:53 PM IST

Cholera, undetected in Haiti before October 2010, has sickened more than some 7 percent of the population, and killed more than 9,200. (Photo: AP)

Yemen declares state of emergency over cholera outbreak

Yemen is witnessing a devastating war between the Iranian-backed Huthis and the Saudi-supported government.

15 May 2017 4:31 PM IST

European Union pushes Myanmar for aid access in northern Rakhine

European Union pushes Myanmar for aid access in northern Rakhine

The EU has pledged to give Myanmar some 800 million euros ($875 million) of development aid between 2014-20 making 2nd...

15 May 2017 1:36 PM IST

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Over 2,000 rebels, families evacuate damascus district: reports

The area has been largely reduced to rubble after being struck by hundreds of aerial strikes and missiles over a period...

15 May 2017 11:51 AM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: AP)

Iran hardliners turn to reformist-dominated social media

Conservative candidate, cleric Ebrahim Raisi, has live-streamed his rallies on Instagram and given unprecedented online...

15 May 2017 10:04 AM IST

A man is treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo: AP)

115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads: ICRC

This is the second outbreak of cholera in less than a year in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country.

14 May 2017 3:41 PM IST

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Syrian army retakes most of rebel-held district on edge of Damascus

About 1,500 fighters and their families are now trapped in a nearly one square kilometre zone.

14 May 2017 2:52 PM IST