Nairobi: A ban on plastic bags came into force in Kenya on Monday in a bid to slow pollution, with offenders liable to...
Nairobi: A ban on plastic bags came into force in Kenya on Monday in a bid to slow pollution, with offenders liable to...
Rohtak, India: An Indian court on Monday sentenced a controversial spiritual leader to 10 years in prison for raping two of his devotees,...
JERUSALEM: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday for his talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Guterres was greeted by...
Beijing: A landslide struck some 34 homes in southwest China on Monday, killing two people and leaving another 25 missing in the latest...
KHARTOUM: Sudan and Libya have agreed to normalize their tense relations and secure common border. In a joint press conference with Libyan Prime...
BEIRUT: The military announced a cease-fire Sunday and a halt in its offensive against IS along its northeastern border with Syria, paving the...
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities temporarily reopened on Sunday the Rafah border crossing with the blockaded Gaza Strip, a Palestinian border official said. The terminal...
Yangon: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday accused Rohingya fighters of burning down homes and using child soldiers during a recent surge...
Hanoi: A former banking magnate and 50 others went on trial in Vietnam Monday over a multi-million dollar fraud at a major private...
Vienna: Five climbers have died in an accident in the Austrian Alps, media reports said. The group were climbing in Mannlkarscharte, a gap...
HOUSTON: Shivering cold and soaking wet, Maria Davila collapsed on the floor of a downtown Houston shelter beside her two grandchildren on Sunday,...
Yangon: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday accused Rohingya fighters of burning down homes and using child soldiers during a recent surge...
Seoul: Lawyers for the jailed heir to the Samsung empire filed an appeal against his conviction on Monday as South Korean media divided...
JAKARTA: A Jakarta court has sentenced a female would-be suicide bomber to seven and a half years in prison, prosecutors and her lawyer...
Houston: Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport canceled all commercial flights Sunday after flooding inundated access roads, further isolating Texas' largest city. The airport, a...
A senior Lebanese official says bodies believed to be of soldiers kidnapped by Islamic State militants three years ago have been found buried...
BAGHDAD: At least five civilians were killed in two car bomb blasts in southern part of capital Baghdad Sunday, according to a police...
Johannesburg: Two of the five mineworkers trapped after sections of a gold mine collapsed in South Africa last week have been pulled out...
