DOHA: Fishing nations have voted down environmentalists, with a US-backed proposal to ban export of the Atlantic bluefin tuna overwhelmingly rejected at a UN wildlife ... more

JERUSALEM: The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has pledged to implement a series of trust-building measures with the Palestinians in an attempt to mend his ... more

Sexual identity can be complicated in India, where few men are brave enough to call themselves gay, writes Matt Wade.

A court in Vienna on Thursday jailed a man for six years for kidnapping his 13-year-old niece and secretly setting up home with her, in ... more

Nigeria has recalled its ambassador to Tripoli after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's "irresponsible" suggestion that the country be partitioned between Muslims and Christians.

A retired US general on Thursday said Dutch UN troops defending Srebrenica in the Bosnian war failed to prevent the 1995 genocide partly because their ... more