World

This photograph shows the traditional, formal presentation of the bride price (also known as "sin sot" or "dowry") at an engagement ceremony in...

  Seoul: North Korea's widely-condemned launch of a long-range rocket could happen within a matter of hours, after Pyongyang shortened and brought forward the...

Giulio Regeni   Rome: The body of a 28-year-old Italian student who had disappeared in Cairo last week and was found dead was repatriated...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein follows comments by Sirisena saying that foreign particiaption was not needed for an...

Haitham Ismail Mohammed, 14-year-old Hebron: Israeli occupation soldiers killed a 14-year-old Palestinian and detained another young boy in the occupied West Bank town...

Iranian women wait in line outside a polling station during the Iranian presidential election in Tehran. (file photo)   Tehran: Iran has approved an...

Tainan, Taiwan: Relatives of missing residents from a 16-storey apartment complex felled by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that killed 13 people were...

  Quetta, Pakistan: Nine people were killed and more than 35 injured Saturday when a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up near...

  Facebook has activated its ‘safety check’ feature for Taiwan that allows users to let their friends and loved ones know they're safe after...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, joined by Senators Debbie Stabenow (left), and Jeanne Shaheen (centre), speaks to voters on Friday in Manchester, New...

Damascus: Syria's government warned Saturday against any foreign ground intervention in its war after reports that Saudi Arabia and Turkey, which both support...

  Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Saturday condenmed the "collective punishment" imposed by Israel on residents of Qabatiya, blockaded for the third...

  Mogadishu: Somali government troops and African Union peacekeepers on Saturday recaptured the key port of Merka from Shebab insurgents, just one day after...

  Oncupinar, Turkey: Turkey was preparing Saturday for a new influx of refugees fleeing a major offensive by Syria's Russian-backed regime, with tens of...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (L) poses for a photograph with Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during their meeting in Colombo, Sri ...

An academician, author and businessman, Soumitra Dutta is actively involved in policy development at national and European levels   By Arun Kumar   Washington: Soumitra...

      Lagos: A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare up of the...

New Delhi: The striking employees of Delhi's civic bodies on Saturday burnt the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister...