QUITO: Mapping slum areas is critical if cities are to bridge the gap between the bustling, informal economies of their shantytowns and richer...
QUITO: Mapping slum areas is critical if cities are to bridge the gap between the bustling, informal economies of their shantytowns and richer...
Beirut: Former general Michel Aoun, who once waged a "war of liberation" against Syria but later allied with pro-Damascus Hezbollah, is poised to...
Nawaran, Iraq: Kurdish forces launched a major assault Thursday on a town held by the Islamic State group near Mosul, opening a new...
Beirut: Lebanon's former prime minister Saad Hariri on Thursday endorsed the presidential bid of political rival Michel Aoun, paving the way for the...
Washington: US claims for unemployment insurance rose in the second week of October compared to the prior week, but continued their record streak...
Beirut: Syria's one-time economic hub, Aleppo and the surrounding countryside have suffered some of the heaviest fighting of the five-year civil war that...
BEIJING: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his “separation” from the United States on Thursday, declaring that it had “lost” and he had realigned...
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army has shut down a print shop in the Arab town of Al-Ram on Jerusalem’s outskirts for alleged "incitement", according...
HANOI, Vietnam: The Zika virus has reached pandemic levels in Ho Chi Minh City, with the number of cases in Vietnam now reaching...
Geneva: The United Nations said it hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from eastern Aleppo on Friday after it got clearance...
Nairobi: A British journalist arrested in Mogadishu while on a reporting assignment has been released by Somalian security forces, his employer Al-Jazeera said...
Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Tajikistan began joint anti-terror drills with China on Thursday close near the border with Afghanistan as part of Beijing's drive to...
SANAA: Parties to the war in Yemen for the most part adhered to a 72-hour truce that began just before midnight on Wednesday...
Seoul: North Korea on Thursday conducted what appeared to be a failed test -- its second in a week -- of a powerful...
Aweil, South Sudan: A serious food crisis in the north of South Sudan is reaching critical levels, as a biting drought across much...
London: European Union countries have recorded a surge in citizenship applications from Britons in the wake of the country's vote to leave the...
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed concern President Barack Obama may take action Israel opposes at the United Nations before leaving office...
Aleppo, Syria: A "humanitarian pause" took effect Thursday in the Syrian army's Russian-backed assault on rebel-held areas of Aleppo but it was quickly...
