The announcement came after Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkey is increasing tariffs on imports of products from the US, including rice, tobacco products, vehicles, alcohol, coal and cosmetics. The rate of increase on some products is high as 140 percent.

Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has died, aged 93. Vajpayee was regarded as one of the most accomplished politicians of his time.

Over 100 Palestinians were killed in a 2014 raid by the Israeli military during the 7-week Gaza War, but the Israeli military says no wrongdoing was committed and criminal action isn't required.

Turkey is increasing tariffs on imports of products from the US, including rice, tobacco products, vehicles, alcohol, coal and cosmetics. The rate of increase on some products is high as 140 percent.

History isn't always an accurate record of what actually happened. It's said it's mostly written by the victors. So what are British children learning of The Partition of India in 1947 when more than a million died as Pakistan was created?

Croatian authorities deny the allegations, but this isn't the first time they've been accused of violence towards refugees trying to cross their borders.

A suicide bomber killed at least 48 people in Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. Earlier in the day at least 44 were killed in a Taliban attack in Baghlan.

Israeli authorities have just released 10 tonnes of mail intended for Palestinians. The parcels from around the world were blocked from entering the occupied West Bank and Gaza from 2010 to and this year.

Cuba is planning to finally bring internet services to its more than 5 million mobile phone users.

After more than two decades of negotiations, Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan signed a convention to settle the Caspian Sea dispute.

India is a fairly successful democracy. It's a country of 1.3 billion people with 'Unity in diversity' as its strength and multiculturalism as its essence. On its Independence Day, we look at the good, the bad and the ugly that makes India.

Slovakia is one of very few European countries with no mosque, but that's not the only struggle for a Muslim community denied official status. The Slovak parliament made it even more difficult for them to gain recognition.

The Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund (PIF) currently has $230 billion in assets and has been investing big in technology recently.

The Trump administration's trade policy has been raising tensions between the US and the rest of the world. The IMF warned the US president last month that it could cost the global economy $430 billion.

An AP investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you've switched them off.

The Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has said in a series of tweets that Iran will not negotiate with the current US administration, rejecting Trump's offer of unconditional talks.

Witnesses say at least 20 vehicles were on the bridge in Genoa, Italy right before it collapsed. Dozens of people are feared killed.

Hundreds of people were killed in ongoing clashes in Afghanistan since the Taliban launched an attack on Ghazni last week. The Taliban say they still control much of the city.

Tens of thousand of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday (August 11) against Israel's new law declaring it the nation-state of the Jewish people, legislation that has angered the country's Arab minority and drawn criticism abroad.

Driving colourfully decorated buses is a passion for some drivers in Pakistan and here's why.

Trump has urged people to boycott Harley Davidson in a tweet after tension between both sides on the steel tariffs Trump imposed, The company is planning to move some of its production overseas to avoid the tariffs.

The DRC is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis. The largest UN peacekeeping force in the world is now in political turmoil. But how did we get here?

Turkey is fighting foreign exchange fluctuations after the US doubled tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Turkey. The country will implement a new economy action plan and its central bank will provide all the liquidity the banks need.

Monsoon season has been strengthening in intensity for the past 15 years. As many as 774 people have died in incidents related to floods and rains in seven states.

We spoke with Jews and Palestinians in Jerusalem about Israel's controversial nation-state law which grants exclusive rights only to Jews. Here's what they had to say.

In one of the most dramatic rescue operations carried out by migrant rescue ship, the Aquarius, this year, a mother died leaving two children behind, one was taken to Tunisia and the other to Italy. Watch their story.

Organised crime gangs still use Facebook to ferry migrants across borders in exchange for money, according to UK's National Crime Agency.

A bus driver in Bristol demanded that a Muslim woman remove her niqab after telling her "this world is dangerous"

Naramalli Sivaprasad, an Indian politician and award-winning actor, dressed up as Hitler to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Tunisian fishermen in the coastal town of Zarzis, have witnessed the tragedy of migrants' death in the Mediterranean for years. They have been rescuing migrants and recovering the dead.

The Indonesian island of Lombok has been hit again by a strong earthquake just as it was recovering from the impact of Sunday's 6.9 magnitude. Over 300 people are believed to be have been killed and many injured

An air strike on a bus in Yemen's Saada province killed at least 29 children, as the Saudi-led coalition faced a growing outcry over the attack.

The U.S. imports far more from China than the other way around. Does that mean they can attack harder with tariffs? Or does China have other ways to offset the effects of trade barriers?

Hamas fired dozens of rockets into Israel and the Israeli military carried out scores of air strikes as fighting near the Gaza-Israel border intensified overnight into Thursday.

The recent Bangladesh student protests are much more than road safety. Here's why.

Argentina's senate has rejected a bill that would have legalised voluntary abortions. The decision has resulted in both celebrations AND protests in the streets of Buenos Aires.

Yemen has been battling a bloody war for the last 3 years, and still there is no end in sight. The UN's most recent figures said that by 2017 at least 10,000 Yemenis had been killed, even as the bitter conflict continues.

A fine arts teacher, Sumaya al Baghdadi, designed handicraft ceramic and pottery classes for children in Basra, Iraq to reduce their smartphone usage. Governments around the world have started to take similar measures.

UK's former foreign secretary wrote on his Telegraph column that burqa-wearing women look like "letter boxes" and bank robbers, and then reportedly stood by his remarks and refused to apologise.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo share more than just similar name. They both have a long colonial history that continues to haunt them.

A section of the Chinese media is wasting no time praising Imran Khan after his party's win in Pakistan elections. They are impressed by his politico-economic views and his victory speech.

Popular Indonesian islands have been struck by deadly earthquakes leaving more than 100 dead and hundreds injured. Authorities say thousands of people have been made homeless.

The first phase of US President Trump's economic sanctions against Iran has come into effect beginning August 7. It will affect Iran's automotive sector and its trade in gold and precious metals.

The Ranch and River fires spreading in Northern California have merged to become the state's largest wildfire in history. The fire has so far burned an area larger than New York City.

In Bangladesh, clashes between the police and protesters are continuing, after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus last week. Here are 7 things you need to know about it.

A protest was held in Tel Aviv, Israel by tens of thousands of Druze against Israel's nation-state law, which gives Jews exclusive rights in the country.

Ahed Tamimi was released from the prison. But there are still nearly 300 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons. We explain how they end up there.