BEIRUT: The minister of defence for Syria's opposition government has resigned following disagreements with the body's head, opposition sources said on Monday, highlighting...
BEIRUT: The minister of defence for Syria's opposition government has resigned following disagreements with the body's head, opposition sources said on Monday, highlighting...
MANILA: The 23rd World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia opens May 21 in Manila, the capital of Philippines. The Philippines President Benigno...
WASHINGTON: The United States called for restraint and the "immediate" release of hostages in Mali, where clashes between separatist militants and the army...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received Monday a written message from the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. The...
SEOUL: South Korea builder Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company Monday said it bagged a $545.8 million degassing station (DGS) project in Iraq. The...
BOGOTA: Thirty-one children were burned to death when their bus caught fire and exploded in northern Colombia on Sunday, the Red Cross said....
Britain’s Prince Harry (right) talks with children before visiting the Maxxi Museum in Rome yesterday.
DONETSK: Rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine launched a desperate appeal yesterday for more fighters to join their insurgency against Kiev’s rule, saying even...
GENEVA: Switzerland yesterday overwhelmingly voted for a harsher stance against convicted paedophiles by banning them from working with children for life. All of...
DONETSK: Rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine launched a desperate appeal yesterday for more fighters to join their insurgency against Kiev’s rule, saying even...
ATHENS: Greece’s radical leftist party Syriza, which opposes the government’s austerity policies, was leading in the key Athens area, exit polls from the...
LONDON: The search for four Britons missing in the North Atlantic Ocean was called off yesterday, three days after their yacht began taking...
An Afghan traffic officer directs vehicles at an intersection in Kabul. Afghanistan remains at war, with civilians among the hardest hit, as the...
ISLAMABAD: Over 950 people have been killed in sectarian attacks over the past three years across Pakistan, according to a report compiled by...
ISLAMABAD: While the Pakistani government’s point-man for Taliban talks expects a ‘positive development’ in the peace initiative, at least one of government negotiators...
ISLAMABAD: At least five more Pakistani missions abroad will start issuing machine readable passports (MRPs) by the end of next month. According to...
Policemen ask people to leave a street near the Chinese embassy in Hanoi yesterday. HANOI: Vietnamese security forces stifled fresh protests yesterday over...
