Syrian plight! Celebrating New Year in foreign captivity

Children play in a prison courtyard, while adults divide a cell inside between several families. Fleeing violence in northwest Syria, they found nowhere else...

From Russia with Love: Santa became real for little girl in Austria

A helium balloon traveled more than 2,500km by air from a tiny Austrian town to a mountainous village in Russia’s North Caucasus, prompting one...

New Indian Army chief & new verbal attacks on Pakistan: Need for validation

Pakistan has rejected new Indian army chief Lt. Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane's irresponsible statement about 'pre-emptive strikes', a spokesperson for the Foreign Office said...

Folk puppets keeping heritage of Egyptian satire alive

In an era of on-screen entertainment, a simple glove puppet named Aragoz still lures Egyptian audiences with comic sketches showing how wits and skill...

Canadian military police assigned Pokemon Go after fans invade bases

At least three military police officers were ordered to play Pokemon Go in Canadian bases across the country, after players invaded the facilities in...

Imran Khan refused Dev Anand’s offer to work in Bollywood

Prime Minister Imran Khan was once offered to act in an Indian movie by Bollywood's veteran actor Dev Anand. In a video of Prime Minister...

London & Islam: A phobia thats eating UK inside out

Anti-Islam slogans were spray-painted at a building near mosque and cultural center in South London, the Metropolitan police informed. Locals called Metropolitan police on Wednesday...

Taiwan’s top military chief killed in chopper crash

Taiwan's top military chief was killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday, the defence ministry said, just days before the island goes to polls...

Erdogan, Istanbul rival lock horns over ‘crazy canal’

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dream project of building a canal in Istanbul to rival those at Suez and Panama has turned into a political...

Singapore, a model for economic success, hits a technical recession

Singapore's economy, a closely watched barometer for the rest of Asia's export-driven countries, grew just 0.7 percent last year as the US-China trade war...

Saudi Arabia hosts sports events in order to improve its tarnished image

Saudi Arabia's hosting of the Dakar Rally this month is just the latest international sporting event to take place in the kingdom as part...

United States vs Iran on Iraqi soil

Pro-Iran protesters dug in outside the US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, throwing rocks and burning US flags a day after making a dramatic...