Washington: The US withdrew on Wednesday from the UN Human Rights Council and condemned its “shameless hypocrisy” in absolving wrongdoers through sile...
The world's oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo aged 62. Puan, described as the grand old lady of Perth Zoo, was euthanised ...
KANO: Boko Haram militants killed nine soldiers and wounded two others in northeast Nigeria, according to military sources, just days after 43 civilia...
Meseberg (Germany): German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday to hammer out reforms that can stop the "disinte...
Two twin sisters, accused of acting violently towards a female police officer and verbally abusing her in a drunken state, were each sentenced to six ...
Beijing: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is visiting China on Tuesday and Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV said, a week after his unprecedented summi...
US President Donald Trump has unveiled plans to impose 10 per cent tariffs on 200 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods on top of previous punitive m...
Britain's House of Lords inflicted another defeat on the government today over its flagship Brexit bill, sending it back to MPs and setting up a fresh...
The Canadian Parliament has passed a bill today to legalise cannabis that would make Canada the first G7 country to allow free consumption of the mind...
BERLIN: Hardliners of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc are poised to give the German leader an ultimatum to tighten asylum rules or risk p...
BOGOTA: Conservative Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election on Sunday after a campaign that turned into a referendum on a landmark 2016 peace...
An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude hit western Japan early today, but there are no immediate reports of major damage or risk of tsunami waves. Accord...
In Afghanistan, 18 people were killed and 49 others injured in a suicide attack in Jalalabad yesterday which targetted a crowd celebrating the Eid hol...
Washington:US President Donald Trump yesterday defended his decision to stop military exercises with South Korea, saying such "war games" were "provoc...
Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in yesterday with 12 new ministers taking the oath before President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi. Mr Sisi had appointed Hous...
Washington:President Donald Trump has approved a plan to impose punishing tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese goods as early as today, a...
An Uber driver kicked out two women from his car after he saw them kiss in the back seat and called the act "illegal".The driver was identified as Ahm...
Seoul: The top diplomats of South Korea, the US and Japan chere on Thursday over a strategy on North Korea, emboldened by the first-ever Pyongyang-Was...
United Nations General Assembly, UNGA has adopted an Arab-backed resolution condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths in Gaza.The resolution deplored e...
Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver a national apology to child sex abuse victims as part of the government's response to ...
A Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s exiled government began an assault Wednesday morning on Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, a crucial battle in the 3-...
PARIS: Paris police rescued two hostages from a four-hour hostage standoff and arrested the armed men.The police described the accused as "unstable" a...
Dhaka: At least 12 were killed in a series of massive landslides, triggered by heavy rains, on Tuesday in Rangamati and Cox's Bazar.11 people were kil...
Seoul: Kim Jong Un invited Donald Trump to visit North Korea during their historic summit and the US President accepted, Pyongyang state media reporte...
San Francisco: Facebook has launched a new tool for its users that will identify ads with inaccurate information or misrepresented products.The tool i...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6(point)0 struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra today. US Geological Survey said, there were no initial r...
US government has approved a deal to sell the Indian military six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for 930 million dollars, State Department said last...
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday inducted seven new ministers in his government, including a Tamil who is the only elected...
Singapore: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday pledged to work toward the "complete denuclearisation" in return for security guarantees from th...
Singapore: US President Donald Trump today described his first-ever historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as "really fantastic" and sa...
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