Iran's president meets Qatar emir in Doha ahead of gas forum

Iran’s president has arrived in Qatar and was welcomed in an official ceremony by the country’s ruling emir

Report: Iran's president arrives in Qatar for gas summit

Iran's state-run news agency says the country's president has arrived in Qatar to join a summit of gas exporting countries

US, Egypt launch group to prepare for COP27 climate summit

The United States and Egypt have launched a joint work group to prepare for the next United Nations climate change summit in November

Nepal US Protest

Iran lawmakers want guarantees US won't leave revamped deal

An Iranian news outlet says lawmakers have urged President Ebrahim Raisi to obtain guarantees from the U.S. and three European countries that they won’t withdraw from the nuclear agreement being renegotiated in Vienna

Farmer anger will test Modi as India's 'grain bowl' votes

India’s Punjab state is voting in elections seen as a barometer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi party's Hindu nationalist reach ahead of general elections in 2024

Sri Lankan court frees 2 officials charged over 2019 blasts

A Sri Lankan court has freed two top former officials who were charged with negligence in connection with 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks that killed 260 people

Surprise ruling threatens wedge between Iraq, Kurdish govts

A surprise ruling by Iraq’s high court has cast doubt on the legal foundations of the independent oil policy of Iraq’s Kurdish-run region

Sri Lanka's archbishop speaks out against activist's arrest

Sri Lanka’s top Roman Catholic bishop has spoken out against what he says is the wrongful arrest of an activist

Turkish president in UAE as relations thaw after icy decade

Turkey's president has arrived in the United Arab Emirates on a trip that shows relations between the nations further thawing