
POLITICS
Multimillionaire to help May over Brexit
A leading donor behind the Brexit victory has promised to fund a new campaign to oust almost 140 pro-Remain MPs.

A leading donor behind the Brexit victory has promised to fund a new campaign to oust almost 140 pro-Remain MPs.

Over 480 asylum seekers and refugees were rescued in the Mediterranean on Saturday, Italy's coastguard said.

Having suffered from years of political instability since emerging from a decade-long insurgency, Nepal is voting in local elections for the first time in 20 years.

A military source says Yemeni soldiers and allied Houthi fighters downed a Saudi drone in Midi Desert in the northwestern Hajjah Province on Sunday.

Germans have taken to the polls in the country’s most populous state in a vote that pundits say could determine Germany’s future political direction.

An intercity train derailed in northern Greece on Saturday, leaving four passengers dead and five seriously injured.

The Nakba Day is commemorated annually on May 15 to mark the expulsion of Palestinians from their lands by Israel 69 years ago.

Thousands hit the streets in Albania’s capital, Tirana, to call on Prime Minister Edi Rama to step down.

Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI director James Comey would intensify rather than hinder the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation, says a political analyst.

Iranian freestyle wrestlers receive four medals at the Asian Senior Wrestling Championships in India.

New violence in violation of a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine leaves new casualties.

During the Thursday speech to honor Hezbollah’s top military commander Mustafa Badreddine, calls and messages were sent to thousands of Lebanese people, accusing Nasrallah of ordering Badreddine’s murder.

Opponents of President Maduro stage a rally using cars, bikes, and horses to fill roads.

In a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping says Beijing and Ankara should deepen their counter-terrorism cooperation.

The US president has threatened to slap stronger sanctions on Pyongyang over its latest ballistic missile launch.

Iran’s Cyber Police say the “ransomware” has reached some systems inside the country, urging pre-emptive measures to prevent it from spreading further.

King Hamad has been pictured alongside Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attending the event on the grounds of Windsor Castle in England, prompting protests in the UK.

US President Donald Trump is mulling over recommendations to send more troops to Afghanistan.