Egyptians are voting for the Senate, the upper chamber of parliament that was revived as part of constitutional amendments approved in a national referendum last year

A six-nation bloc of Gulf Arab nations torn apart by internal strife has endorsed an extension of a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, just two months before it is set to expire

A fire has killed 11 coronavirus patients at a southern Indian hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility in the second such incident this month

The plane swayed violently as it approached a hilltop runway drenched in monsoon rain, and moments later the special return flight for Indians stranded abroad by the pandemic skidded off, nosedived and cracked in two, leaving 18 dead and more than 120 injured

A traditional council is meeting in Afghanistan’s capital to decide whether to release a final 400 Taliban prisoners, the last hurdle to starting negotiations between Kabul’s political leadership and the Taliban under a peace deal with the U.S. The negotiations are a critical step toward lasting peace in Afghanistan in which both sides decide on what a peaceful Afghanistan might look like, what constitutional changes will be made, how the rights of women and minorities will be protected and...

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways says core operating losses amounted to $758 million for the first half of the year, driven by a nearly 40% drop in revenue due in part to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic

A fire has killed eight coronavirus patients at a hospital in western India

The world's smallest and rarest pig is under a lockdown, but not because of the coronavirus