JERUSALEM, The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday that they have demolished a Hamas tunnel that originated in the central Gaza Strip and stretched to reach Israel.  The...

    SEOUL, South Korea will impose new unilateral sanctions against nuclear-armed Pyongyang, a report said Sunday, in Seoul's latest effort to pressure the North after a series...

  -by Burak Akinci  ANKARA, - United States President Donald Trump's ground shaking announcement on Jerusalem prompted a new wave of rapprochement between Turkey and Russia, and the issue...

  BEIJING,  Police in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality have arrested 323 suspects for posing as medical experts to sell "health products" to the elderly and patients, the Ministry of...

  BEIJING,  China has uncovered irregular local government debts worth of over 6.4 billion yuan (about 967 million U.S. dollars), authorities said.  Five local governments in Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu,...

    TEHRAN,  Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said Saturday that the Iran-Russia relations are "strategic," Tasnim news agency reported.  The Islamic Republic views i ...

    SANAA,  A senior Houthi official told Xinhua that the corpse of Yemen's slain ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh was buried on Saturday morning in the capital, six...

  RAMALLAH,  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not receive U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during his scheduled visit to the region this month in response to U.S. President Donald...

    BAGHDAD, - Iraq declared Saturday the liberation of all Iraqi lands from Islamic State (IS) militants after seizing the whole border areas and desert in western...

  Kathmandu, The World Bank has approved a credit of US$80 million for a Livestock Sector Innovation Project. The project will support the objectives of the Government of Nepal’s...

    KABUL,  At least 17 insurgents including six Islamic States (IS) fighters were killed and three others injured during the airstrikes conducted by Afghan air forces in...

    YANGON, Prolonged displacement of Rohingya refugees in squalid Bangladeshi camps poses a "grave security risk", conflict analysts ICG warned Thursday, raising the spectre of militants recruiting...

YANGON,  Myanmar has expressed its opposition against a resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with regard to the Rakhine issue, but pledged efforts to address the challenges...

    BEIJING,  Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the international community to respect and reflect the will of the people in developing countries in human rights...

    MOSCOW  Russian President Vladimir Putin has not decided yet whether to run for office next year as an independent candidate or secure support from the ruling...