A team of scientists in Japan have found that humans empathise with humanoid robots in a similar fashion as with other humans. They monitored the brain […]

Suspects said to be loyalists of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of plotting against President Erdogan. Turkish police detained at least 35 people as […]

Ten years after amnesty deal, relatives of civil war victims say Algeria has failed to reach national reconciliation. Algiers – On October 12, the Algerian authorities […]

Chalabi, a leading voice behind the 2003 US invasion, died of a heart attack in his Kadhimiya residence in Baghdad. Veteran Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, a […]

Australian Michelle Payne has become the first female jockey to win Australia’s most prestigious horse race, the Melbourne Cup. The New Zealand-bred Prince of Penzance won […]

Islamist militant group Boko Haram has released photos apparently showing a rocket-making factory in north-eastern Nigeria. The group has used rocket-propelled grenades in the past and […]

A rare tropical cyclone is bearing down on the Yemeni mainland bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and powerful waves.Photos and videos posted online showed water pouring […]