Heavy rain batters Gulf states, causing flash floods and shuttering Dubai Airport
Gulf flooding: Dubai airport chaos as UAE and Oman reel from deadly storms
Young peace-builders under the spotlight at Malta-led UN Security Council debate
Foreign affairs minister Ian Borg chairs debate on the role of youths in addressing security challenges in the Mediterranean
UNHCR : Hundreds dead in shipwrecks off Libya

UN refugee agency says survivor accounts indicate as many as 240 people have...

UN refugee agency says survivor accounts indicate as many...

Insurgent bomb and gun attacks kill three in southern Thailand

Insurgents in southern Thailand killed three people in a spate of bomb and gun...

Insurgents in southern Thailand killed three people in a...

Central Italy hit by another earthquake

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck central Italy on Thursday morning, some 50km southeast of Perugia

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck...

Pakistan train collision kills at least 16

Two trains collided in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, killing at...

Two trains collided in the Pakistani port city of...

Daesh leader confident of victory, in first message about Mosul battle

Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence of the group's victory in the battle for Mosul, their last remaining Iraqi stronghold

Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence of...

Israel jails Palestinian minor for life for murder

An Israeli military court has sentenced a Palestinian minor to life in prison...

An Israeli military court has sentenced a Palestinian minor...

Indonesia police pursue blasphemy case against capital's Christian governor

Indonesian police have named Jakarta's governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, as a suspect in a blasphemy investigation

Indonesian police have named Jakarta's governor, Basuki...

UK may have to leave EU customs union but can maintain free trade - Boris Johnson

British foreign secretary Boris Johnson makes revelation in interview with a Czech newspaper despite Prime Minister Theresa May's hope of keeping...

British foreign secretary Boris Johnson makes revelation in...

Suicide bomber attacks vehicle in Kabul, killing four

A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed at least four people and wounded several...

A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed at least four people...

Assad hopes for 'anti-terror ally' in Trump in the fight against terrorism

Syria's leader has said he hopes US President-elect Donald Trump will be an ally in fighting terrorism but remains 'cautious in judging him'

Syria's leader has said he hopes US President-elect...

Hollande to ask parliament to extend state of emergency

French president says he would like to extend state of emergency till...

French president says he would like to extend state of...

14 wounded in Benghazi car bomb explosion

The bomb went off near a market in Bu Dazira Easter Benghazi, wounding 14 people

The bomb went off near a market in Bu Dazira Easter...

Prosecutors detain woman at core of South Korea political crisis

The woman at the centre of the political scandal engulfing South Korean...

The woman at the centre of the political scandal engulfing...

Canada to let 300,000 immigrants enter country in 2017

An economic advisory council recommended that Canada increase its annual...

An economic advisory council recommended that Canada...

Iraqi forces make first push into Mosul

Iraqi troops broke through Daesh defences in an eastern suburb of Mosul on Monday

Iraqi troops broke through Daesh defences in an...

Dutch politician Geert Wilders' hate speech trial set to begin

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders is due to go on trial accused of...

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders is due to go on...

Thousands sleep in temporary accommodation following latest earthquake in Italy

Thousands of people in central Italy have spent the night in cars, tents and temporary shelters following the fourth earthquake in the area in three months

Thousands of people in central Italy have spent the night...

Turkey shuts 15 media outlets and arrests opposition editor in new crackdown

Editor of the Cumhuriyet secularist paper was arrested on Monday and 10,000 more civil servants were fired for alleged terror links

Editor of the Cumhuriyet secularist paper was arrested on...