LONDON: Police in Britain are ramping up efforts to investigate cases of modern slavery, yet the true scale of the crime is hugely...
LONDON: Police in Britain are ramping up efforts to investigate cases of modern slavery, yet the true scale of the crime is hugely...
MADRID/BARCELONA: Spain moved closer on Monday to imposing central rule over Catalonia to thwart its push for independence after Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont...
Beijing: As Chinese leader Xi Jinping prepares to embark on a second five-year term this week, the impulsive leaders of North Korea and...
Luanda: Angola's new president unveiled a programme of corporate tax sweeteners on Monday intended to boost foreign investment and ease the oil-rich country's...
Paris: A new law will impose on-the-spot fines for harassment of women in the streets of France, a minister said Monday, as the...
ARBIL, Iraq: Iraqi forces have launched a major military operation in Kirkuk province, three weeks into a deepening crisis between Baghdad and the...
MOSCOW: Russia has resumed sea trips to isolated North Korea after a two-month break, the RIA news agency reported on Monday quoting the...
About 40 people remain missing after a migrant vessel sank off the northern coast of Haiti, authorities said Monday. Nine people have so...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s president said on Monday his country could no longer cope with hosting huge numbers of Syrian refugees and called on world...
BAGHDAD: Iraq said on Monday it was considering using security forces to prevent Kurdistan from shutting down output from the oil area of...
Mogadishu: Desperate Somalis searched for news of missing loved-ones on Monday, after a massive truck bomb in Mogadishu killed at least 276 people...
Kirkuk, Iraq: Thousands of residents fled Kurdish districts of Kirkuk for fear of clashes Monday after Iraqi military forces launched operations against Kurdish...
BAGHDAD: Iraq's Kurdish security forces said Baghdad would pay a "heavy price" for launching an advance on the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk. In...
LISBON: At least 27 people died in a massive wave of wildfires raging in central and northern Portugal on Sunday and Monday in...
BEIJING: China's capital unveiled the "shining example" of its 80 billion yuan ($12.14 billion) new airport on Monday, tipped to become one of...
Sydney: Passengers recounted their panic Monday after a sudden loss of pressure on their AirAsia flight caused oxygen masks to drop from the...
Port-au-Prince: About 40 people are missing after a migrant vessel sunk the northern coast of Haiti, the civil emergency authorities have said. Seven...
Beijing, Khanun, the 20th typhoon this year, made landfall on Monday in China's Guangdong province. According to Guangdong Flood Control and Drought Relief...
