New York: A heavy winter snow storm lashed the northeastern United States yesterday, subjecting New York to near blizzard-like conditions and forcing flight...
New York: A heavy winter snow storm lashed the northeastern United States yesterday, subjecting New York to near blizzard-like conditions and forcing flight...
JOHANNESBURG: South African police and military forces are deploying ahead of a speech in parliament by President Jacob Zuma, the target of protesters...
Banjul: The European Union announced aid worth ¤225m ($240m) for The Gambia's new government as President Adama Barrow said his nation was "virtually...
Kathmandu: Nepal yesterday extended the mandates for two commissions tasked with probing crimes committed during the bloody civil war, hours before a deadline...
Beijing: China is to begin taking fingerprints of all foreign visitors as it steps up security on its borders, the Ministry of Public...
Gaza City: At least two Palestinians were killed and five others injured yesterday in an airstrike on the Egyptian-Palestinian border, according to the...
Cairo: An Egyptian organisation that treats victims of torture and trauma was closed down by police yesterday, according to the center's founder, a...
DUBAI: Bahrain said yesterday its forces had killed three men and captured seven during a gun battle at sea as they tried to...
Beijing: Chinese police have rescued 32 Vietnamese women who were sold as brides to Chinese farmers, authorities said yesterday, in an operation aimed...
Cagayan de Oro: Communist guerrillas abducted three villagers, including a policeman, and burned construction equipment in new attacks in the Philippines yesterday and...
Manila: The Philippines' environment minister vowed not to buckle to mounting pressure yesterday from a mining sector reeling from her shutting more than...
Washington: The commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan said yestreday that the coalition had a shortfall of a "few thousands" of...
One year ago, 22-year-old Patrick left Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, to become a football star in Europe. A talented midfielder and...
Seoul: Hundreds of South Korean artists filed a lawsuit against impeached President Park Geun-hye and two officials yesterday over a state "blacklist" of...
New Delhi: India submitted an extradition request yesterday to Britain to send back the flamboyant tycoon Vijay Mallya to face trial after he...
Karachi: India has built a “secret nuclear city”, Pakistan claimed yesterday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria made the claim during a weekly media...
Kuala Lumpur: The bodies of six passengers believed to be from a boat which capsized in rough seas off Malaysia have been found,...
Tokyo: Japan accepted just 28 refugees last year when a record number applied for asylum, a government document dated for releasetoday showed, throwing...
