CAIRO, Sept 28 — Israel’s upcoming elections are being followed closely by its regional neighbours, who are aware that any outcome will have ramifications far beyond the country’s borders. In his

PENJWEN (Iraq), Sept 27 — Kurdistan resident Ahmed Faraj was just a child when his city became a battlefield in the Iran-Iraq conflict. Decades later, with the Middle East at

PHNOM PENH, Sept 27 — Interpol has flagged that online financial and romance fraud linked to organised syndicates is posing a growing threat to Asian economies, as Cambodia and Myanmar

GENEVA, Sept 27 — The Swiss are voting today on a much-debated proposal to tighten their country’s cherished neutrality, with polls indicating most will reject the initiative championed by the

BANGKOK, Sept 27 — Thailand has declared September 28 and 29 as special public holidays in Bangkok and three neighbouring provinces as authorities step up flood response efforts following days

LONDON, Sept 27 — British counter-terrorism police today were reportedly probing a major incident near a base used by the US air force after several men were arrested on suspicion

TEHRAN, Sept 27 — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said today that they seized an American submarine drone in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has blockaded in the months-long Middle

PORTADOWN, Sept 27 — UK Prime Minister Andy Burnam urged “calm” today as thousands of people gathered in a Northern Irish town seeking to halt a contentious pro-British Protestant march

LUCKNOW (India), Sept 27 — Heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 56 people over the past three days, a

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 27 — Gunmen killed at least 27 people in two mass shootings in South Africa’s two main cities, police said today, in the latest violence to hit the