Fouad Hussein, Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Ex-premier's graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait

A Kuwaiti court in an unprecedented move has ordered two former ministers and royal family members detained pending trial over their suspected misuse of the Defense Ministry's funds

UAE and Israel press ahead with ties after Gaza cease-fire

Israel’s top diplomat to the United Arab Emirates has attended a ceremony in Dubai on the grounds of the Arabian Peninsula’s first permanent exhibition to commemorate the Holocaust

Official: Pakistani forces kill 4 militants in shootout

A spokesman says Pakistani security forces have shot and killed four members of the Pakistani Taliban in a shootout in the country’s southwest

Penpa Tsering

India Tibet

Indian farmers mark 6 months of protest with no end in sight

Indian farmers demanding the government repeal new agriculture laws they say will devastate their livelihoods have marked their protest movement’s sixth month by flying black banners on the cars and tractors and burning effigies of the prime minister

Sudan and main rebel group kick off peace talks in Juba

Officials say Sudan’s transitional government and the main rebel group have kicked off a new round of peace officials — the latest effort to end a decades-long conflict

1 killed as protesters scuffle with Iraqi security forces

Clashes between security forces and protesters have left one person dead after hundreds of Iraqis took to the streets in Baghdad to protest a rise in targeted killings of prominent activists and journalists

Afghanistan Embassy Closure