Surat THANI: Flash floods in southern Thailand washed out a bridge on the country's main north-south highway yesterday, backing up traffic for 200km...
Surat THANI: Flash floods in southern Thailand washed out a bridge on the country's main north-south highway yesterday, backing up traffic for 200km...
Karachi: Pakistan's major opposition parties expressed scepticism yesterday about the government's proposal to revive special military courts to try civilians charged with terrorism,...
Kabul: A Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday killed more than 30 people and wounded some 70 others, as twin...
Brussels: EU Commissioner Guenther Oettinger defended himself over controversial remarks he made about women and Chinese people. The German conservative politician was questioned...
London: The number of women parliamentarians in Britain is “shockingly low” and the government should set targets to achieve equal representation by 2030,...
Islamabad: Human Rights Watch yesterday asked Pakistan to urgently investigate the apparent abductions of four bloggers who campaigned for human rights and religious...
Tegucigalpa: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen praised Honduras for its loyalty on Monday at the start of a trip to four Central American nations...
Oslo: NORWAY will today become the first country in the world to start shutting down its FM radio network in favour of digital...
Geneva: Rival Cypriot leaders returned to the negotiating table yesterday to press on with an ambitious bid to end decades of conflict, with...
London: The British government’s Northern Ireland minister warned yesterday that an early election in the province was highly likely following the resignation of...
Strasbourg, France: Muslim parents in Switzerland cannot refuse to send their daughters to school-run swimming lessons with boys, Europe’s top rights court said...
Moscow: Russia yesterday criticised Washington’s blacklisting of a high-ranking official and the suspects in the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko as a move...
Dubai: An Australian man abducted in Yemen has appeared in a video asking his government to meet the demands of his unidentified kidnappers,...
Last Friday, the Israeli government announced that it had suspended $6m in funding to the United Nations (UN), a move described as “an...
In the past few weeks Mexico has witnessed an unprecedented spike in social violence caused by petrol shortages and a 14 to 24-percent...
The African National Congress (ANC) commemorated its 105th birthday on January 8, 2017 maintaining its position as the oldest political movement in Africa....
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian leaders on Tuesday called for prayers at mosques across the Middle East this week to protest plans by President-elect...
BELGRADE/SARAJEVO: At least eight people have died as subzero cold and heavy snow enveloped the Balkans, with tens of thousands stranded in remote...
