Several global media outlets have announced that 13 countries whose citizens will not get visas to travel to the United Arab Emirates until further notice. This bad news came just ... Read more »

Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdock last week announced that funds to compensate the families of the victims of the bombing of the destroyer USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, and the 1998 ... Read more »

South Africa's Security Agency has noted reports about an alleged plot to assassinate the United States Ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks. U.S. intelligence agencies ... Read more »

A 26-year struggle for electricity has erupted in the Doornkop shack settlement on the western outskirts of Soweto, resulting in skirmishes between residents and the police, writes ... Read more »

The North African nation plunged into chaos in 2011 after NATO-backed rebels overthrew former president and long-time dictator, Moammar Gadhafi. Libya has since been divided ... Read more »

Somalia has expressed anger over Taiwan's move to open a representative office in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. Mogadishu has warned Taiwan of retaliatory measures if ... Read more »

Western and Arab countries have promised to contribute U.S. $1.5 billion to ease the country's financial crisis at an online conference hosted by Germany. The conference was aimed ... Read more »

Hushpuppi, a Nigerian Instagram celebrity, is set to be prosecuted for multiple fraud charges in Dubai. Police say the 38-year-old, whose real name is Ramoni Abbas had been ... Read more »

The country's National Hajj Commission has directed prospective Umrah pilgrims to shelve their plans for the lesser Hajj to Saudi Arabia as global efforts to contain the spread of ... Read more »

Ethiopia's Ababel Brihane and Kenyan world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei are new world half marathon record holders after running in Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in the ... Read more »