Officials say the projects aim at re-planning slums and destroyed areas and attracting private investors to join the massively expensive task

The killing of the 59-year-old has severely dented the kingdom's image in the West

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had been reporting on the brutal crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority when they were arrested

Meanwhile, Khashoggi's sons appealed for his remains to be returned so that he may be buried in Saudi Arabia

The latest tranche aim to significantly cut Iran's oil exports

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman welcomed US sanctions that took effect Monday targeting Iran's…

For China, Sri Lanka is a critical link in its massive Belt and Road Initiative

Airstrikes and naval artillery pounded rebel positions around the Red Sea coastal city

The new American sanctions particularly hurt Iran's vital oil industry

Smog is blamed for the deaths of more than one million Indians every year

The Trump administration is reinstating all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran and states that trade with it

The court case hinged on whether Gigaba had approved a private terminal at Johannesburg airport for the Oppenheimers

The ruling comes just months after the Bahraini High Court of First Tier acquitted Salman of the charge of "colluding" with the rival state

Final results showed that 56.4% chose to remain part of France while 43.6% voted to leave - a tighter result than some polls had predicted

Insulting Islam is punishable by death in Pakistan, and the mere rumor of doing so can incite lynchings

The Lion Air jet crashed just minutes after takeoff from Jakarta on Monday, killing all 189 people on board

Iranian students stormed the embassy shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, taking 52 Americans hostage for 444 days

This would avoid the EU’s “backstop” solution that would have treated Northern Ireland differently from the rest of Britain

The epicenter was monitored at 40.24 degrees north latitude and 77.63 degrees east longitude

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the third so-called “green-on-blue” attack in less than three weeks

The mountainous province, 120 km east of Kabul, has been the scene of clashes between security forces and IS militants from time to time

In Germany, even though the end of World War I is now viewed through the prism of Hitler and the Holocaust

The vote was promised as part of a deal two decades ago after a violent campaign by separatists from the indigenous Kanak people

  Assam will burn if the Centre continues to push the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Anup Chetia,…

Sister Patricia Fox, 72, has angered President Rodrigo Duterte by repeatedly denouncing his administration's violent campaign against the drugs trade

A cluster of about 10,800 makeshift tents and mud huts, the camp has been called "one of the most desperate places in Syria"

The Supreme Court overturned Asia Bibi's conviction on Wednesday, saying the case against her was based on flimsy evidence

Players will be attending services on Sunday and Monday after beating Cardiff 1-0 in the first game since his death

The accident happens after a heavy truck lost control and crashed into a line of vehicles waiting at a toll station of Gansu

Erdogan says he raised the issue of the state-owned Halkbank

Asia Bibi's lawyer who saved her from the gallows left the country early Saturday after threats to his life

Cappelaere says he can't bring the best nutrition experts to the country because of delays in granting visas

The party says in its statement that Rajapaksa's appointment and President Maithripala Sirisena's suspension of Parliament is undemocratic

Maulana Sami Ul-Haq, dubbed the "Father of the Taliban", was stabbed to death by unknown intruders at his residence Friday night

A defiant Khamenei dismissed the renewed US sanctions -- including an oil embargo -- that take effect on Monday

Moscow says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the Taliban have agreed to send delegations to the conference

Immigration authorities earlier this week refused to extend her tourist visa and ordered the 71-year-old out by Saturday

Scott Paul Beierle killed Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21, after entering the studio in Tallahassee

Syachrul Anto, 48, who died on Friday, was part of the team searching for body parts and debris from the jet in the Java Sea