Iran government has no plans to remove oil minister: spokesman
Iran’s government has no plans to remove Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh from his post, a government spokesman said on Sunday, according to the Iranian Students’...
Sudan’s Bashir charged on corruption in first public appearance since ouster
Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences on Sunday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown in...
Bangladesh arrests policeman for sharing harassment complaint in burning case
Bangladeshi authorities arrested a senior policeman on Sunday accused of sharing on social media the recording of an official complaint of sexual harassment made by...
Hong Kong leader apologizes as protesters press demands for her to quit
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologized on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of black-clad protesters maintained calls for her to resign over her handling of...
Guatemala to elect president amid tensions over violence, migration
Guatemalans on Sunday will vote for a new president, who will face the challenge of curbing drug gang violence that has convulsed the country and...
Hundreds rally in Moscow over journalist case
Several hundred protesters gathered in Moscow on Sunday in a small, government-authorized rally supporting investigative journalist Ivan Golunov and decrying abuse of power over his...
Four Cameroon police killed by suspected separatist bomb: government
Cameroon’s government said on Sunday that separatists in its restive English-speaking region had detonated an improvised explosive device that killed four police and wounded six....
Blast-hit tankers to be assessed off UAE coast
The two oil tankers crippled in attacks in the Gulf of Oman last week that Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Iran are being assessed...
Pope urges restraint in Gulf after tanker attacks
Pope Francis called for restraint and a lowering of tensions in the Middle East on Sunday following attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf...
Factbox: Swiss measures to safeguard stock market amid EU row
The Swiss government has drawn up measures that it says will help protect the domestic stock market should the European Union seek to block EU-based...