Saudi Arabia took command of anti-rebel troops in Yemen’s Aden, Saudi state media said yesterday, after the government and southern separatist forces struck a power-sharing deal following August clashes in the city. “Coalition forces have been repositioned in Aden to become under the kingdom’s…

Pope Francis said yesterday it was time for “predators” to stop plundering the Earth for financial gain, holding up the “scarred face…

Pakistan on Saturday said it denied India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi permission to fly through its airspace due to “ongoing grave human rights violations” in Indian-administered Kashmir. The decision came with tensions simmering between the two nuclear-armed arch rivals over the…

Powerful winds were fanning wildfires in northern California in “potentially historic fire” conditions, authorities said Sunday, as tens of…

Preliminary results from Afghanistan’s presidential elections have been delayed for nearly a month, officials announced yesterday, a lengthy postponement likely to stoke political uncertainty and allegations of fraud. Afghans went to the polls for a first-round vote on September 28, and initial…

Ethiopia’s influential Orthodox church yesterday criticised Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s response to ethnic and religious clashes that left…

Russian women who were held in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria as Islamic State group supporters have recorded emotional appeals to President Vladimir Putin to help them return home. The audio recordings released by RBK news website late Saturday were provided by Chechen rights ombudswoman Kheda Saratova,…

A Catholic mass was held yesterday for Vietnamese feared among 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, as families desperately awaited news about…

Three held over UK truck deaths freed on police bail AFP, London Three suspects arrested in Britain over the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated truck have been released on bail, police said yesterday. They are a man and woman, both 38, from Warrington in northwest England, and a 46-year-old…