Tunisia bids farewell to president Essebsi at state funeral
Tunisia will bid farewell to its first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday at a state funeral attended by foreign leaders, including French...
Russian officials in Iran visit Russian members of detained UK vessel
Representatives of the Russian embassy in Iran have visited three Russian crew members from the British vessel Stena Impero detained by Iran, the Russian embassy...
Police in Moscow detain opposition activists before protest
Russian police have detained prominent members of the opposition in Moscow ahead of a planned protest later on Saturday which the authorities have declared illegal...
Novartis CEO pledges not to sell Sandoz generics unit
Novartis Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan pledged in an interview published on Saturday not to sell the Swiss drugmaker’s generics unit Sandoz amid a revamp that...
Hong Kong activists protest suspected gang attack in defiance of police ban
Several thousand protesters defied a police ban on Saturday to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gang members attacked protesters and...
Oman’s top diplomat in Iran talks amid mounting Gulf tensions
Oman’s minister responsible for foreign affairs held talks with Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday, Iranian state media reported, as tensions mount in the Gulf between...
Bahrain executes three, including Shi’ite activists
Bahrain executed on Saturday three men convicted in two separate cases, one involving the killing of a police officer and the other the killing of...
Swimming: Australia’s Jack admits to positive dope test
Shayna Jack, who withdrew from the Australia team for the swimming world championships, admitted to testing positive for a banned substance on Saturday....
Irish PM says hard Brexit would raise issue of Irish unification
The question of the unification of Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland will inevitably arise if Britain leaves the European Union without a divorce deal on...
Hong Kong activists defy police ban to protest triad attack
Several thousand protesters defied a police ban on Saturday to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gangsters attacked protesters and commuters...