MALE/COLOMBO: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen's administration said on Tuesday it had put down a coup after declaring a state of emergency the day...
MALE/COLOMBO: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen's administration said on Tuesday it had put down a coup after declaring a state of emergency the day...
JOHANNESBURG: African National Congress leaders weighing the future of South Africa's Jacob Zuma will decide a "matter of serious concern" on Wednesday, a...
United Nations, United States: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sharply criticizing a bid by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to make changes to the...
LONDON: Kenya could end female genital mutilation in a generation, campaigners from its conservative Maasai and Kuria communities said on Tuesday - but...
Taipei: A 6.4-magnitude quake on the east coast of Taiwan has left two dead and more than 100 injured after buildings were toppled...
Beirut: Syria's ruined rebel holdout region of Eastern Ghouta, where violence has ramped up in recent weeks, has been besieged since 2013, suffering...
TRIPOLI: More than six years after they were forced to leave their homes in the civil war that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, tens of...
Moscow: The body of a Russian pilot killed in fighting with Islamists in Syria has been brought back to his home country, the...
LONDON: Men and women must "redouble" their efforts to fight for gender equality, London's mayor said on Tuesday, as Britain marks a century...
Malé, Maldives: Amnesty International on Tuesday called for the immediate release of top judges detained in the Maldives, warning the "eyes of the...
BRUSSELS: The main surviving suspect of the November 2015 attacks in Paris, Salah Abdeslam, has decided not to attend the second day of...
LONDON: A British court on Tuesday rejected a legal attempt by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to have a warrant for his arrest dropped....
Moscow: The Russian Defense Ministry has asked Turkey for assistance in obtaining all debris of the Sukhoi-25 jet downed in Syria last weekend....
Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that negotiations on the country's missiles programme were out of the question. "We will negotiate with...
BRUSSELS: The Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered Belgium to close a consulate and cut flights by Brussels Airlines, Belgium's foreign ministry said...
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Social Democrats to compromise and find a way to overcome policy differences in coalition talks. Talking...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: A Somali military court on Tuesday sentenced five men convicted over last October’s devastating terrorist truck bombing in the capital Mogadishu,...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Burundi has handed over more than 30 suspected rebels to Congolese officials, a military spokesman said on Tuesday....
