World

Syria’s Nusra Front says it is breaking ties with al Qaeda to avert attacks 29 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

An image released on July 28, 2016 by Al-Manara al-Bayda, the official news arm of Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, allegedly shows the...

Rebels form 'supreme council' to run war-torn Yemen 29 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Pro-government fighters sit in a village taken by pro-government forces from Iran-allied Houthi militia, in the al-Sarari area of Taiz province, Yemen July...

US concerned over Israel’s settlement activity: State Dept 29 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Such action by Israel “continues this pattern of provocative and counterproductive action,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement on Wednesday....

UN veto powers mull arms embargo on South Sudan, more troopst 29 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

People gather at a makeshift IDP camp at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Juba on December 22, 2013...

North American forests not the climate change remedy hoped for: study 29 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Wikimedia Commons By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK: North American forests will not fight climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide at levels...

Brazil arrests man over terrorism allegations: lawyer 29 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Officials gave little detail about the arrest, which comes a week after 12 men were arrested on accusations of forming a cell to...

Insight: Fervent jihadist or suicidal refugee: the many faces of Bavarian bomber 29 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Police photographes a flat where the 27-year-old Syrian suspect lived, after an explosion in Ansbach near Nuremberg, Germany, July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File...

Genies and Google trends: strange tales from post-coup Turkey 28 Jul 2016 - 04:04 pm

Istanbul: From a mysterious new moustache to suggestions that genies helped the coup plotters, here are some of the stranger stories emerging after...

Eminent writer Mahasweta Devi dead 28 Jul 2016 - 01:42 pm

Kolkata: Eminent activist-writer, honoured with Padma Vibhushan and Magsaysay Award for her decades of crusade for the rights of tribals and the marginalised,...

Pope Francis falls in Poland, escapes injury 28 Jul 2016 - 01:32 pm

Pope Francis takes a fall during a mass at the Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, Poland on July 28, 2016. (AFP / FILIPPO...

Turkey sees over 40% drop in visitors amid security crisis 28 Jul 2016 - 01:21 pm

Cooks of the Presidential Palace serve food to people gathered in solidarity outside Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's palace night after night since the...

Hillary Clinton: burning ambition and resilience to match 28 Jul 2016 - 01:13 pm

US President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appear onstage together after his speech on the third night at the Democratic...

Two top Turkish generals resign ahead of key meeting: report 28 Jul 2016 - 11:53 am

Turkish honour guards stand at attention as Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (not pictured) attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of...

Second France church attacker formally identified 28 Jul 2016 - 11:13 am

Image grabs taken from a video released on July 27, 2016 by Amaq News Agency, an online service affiliated with the Islamic State...

Obama passes baton to Clinton, imploring nation to elect her 28 Jul 2016 - 10:34 am

US President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton embrace on stage during Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention at the...

US national among extremists killed in Dhaka: police 28 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Police keep the public away near the site of a police operation on militants on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 26, 2016....

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says will not quit after war veterans’ rebuke 28 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends a meeting with the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Associatioin on April 7, 2016 in Harare. AFP /...