Authorities in Lebanon moved to ban the “Barbie” movie from cinemas on Wednesday, saying it promotes homosexuality and violates the nation’s values. Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada...
Hannibal Gaddafi, a son late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has gone on hunger strike in Lebanon. His lawyer Paul Romanos confirmed to the BBC that Hannibal’s...
China’s defence minister has said war with the US would be an “unbearable disaster” for the world in his first major speech since taking on the...
India’s railway minister has suggested a signal fault led to the Odisha rail disaster, with a “change in electronic interlocking” the likely cause. Ashwini Vaishnaw later...
At least 261 people have been killed and 1,000 are injured in a crash involving three trains in India’s eastern Odisha state. One passenger train derailed...
A two-year-old in North Korea was sentenced to life in prison after the toddler’s parents were found with a Bible. The child’s entire family was also...
A government official in India has been suspended after he ordered a reservoir to be drained to retrieve his phone. It took three days to pump...
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday (April 19) landed in South...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held discussion with President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Russia–Africa summit in Sochi, that was on 23 October 2019. The...
A Singapore-registered oil tanker has been boarded by “unidentified persons” about 300 nautical miles (555km) off Ivory Coast in the Gulf of Guinea, the city-state’s port...