Between countries, diplomatic relations carry a cardinal importance. National interests are protected through peaceful methods and diplomacy.

Nearly 3mn Muslims perform the Haj pilgrimage every year. The Haj, when Muslims from around the world come to Makkah to perform religious rites, is considered to be the largest gathering of people in the world.

Refugee crises, migration and Syria are expected to dominate the high-level debate of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) starting on Monday as world leaders are set to gather in New York to discuss pressing global issues.

A study presented at a scientific congress yesterday has reported a link between long naps and a higher risk of diabetes, though it couldn’t say if daytime sleeping was a symptom or a cause.

As Europe clamours to know how Britain plans to implement its decision to leave the European Union, new Prime Minister Theresa May is giving little away, but her strategy is becoming clear.

For Ahmad al-Rashid, fleeing from his home in Aleppo, northern Syria, to Iraq in 2013 was the safest choice he had.

Typical Hillary Clinton, many scoffed, not telling the media for two days she was sick with pneumonia until video emerged of her nearly collapsing as she left a 9/11 memorial event on Sunday.

Half the world seems to think the planet needs nuclear power more than ever. The other half seems just as sure that now’s the time to get rid of it forever.

After the failure of his high-stakes EU referendum gamble, David Cameron’s political life came to a quick and unceremonious end this week when he announced he was resigning from parliament.

British leaders must use not just monetary policy, but also fiscal tools, to support spending and strengthen the incentive to invest

Political and defence experts have long predicted that wars in the 21st century will be fought over not oil or expensive minerals, but something more precious – the life-giving and sustaining natural resource called water.

Over the last 30 years, consumers have reaped the benefits of dramatic technological advances. In many countries, most people now have in their pockets a personal computer more powerful than the mainframes of the 1980s.