World

Yemen forces prepare assault on rebels near key strait 03 Dec 2016 - 06:36 pm

Aden: Yemeni government forces have sent reinforcements to the Red Sea coast to drive Iran-backed rebels away from a key global shipping route,...

No solution for Aleppo without negotiations: EU, UN 03 Dec 2016 - 06:28 pm

Rome: Top EU and UN diplomats warned on Saturday that there could be no victory in the battle for the Syrian city of...

Mosul residents fear cold and hunger of winter siege 03 Dec 2016 - 06:17 pm

BAGHDAD: No food or fuel has reached Mosul in nearly a week and the onset of rain and cold weather threatens a tough...

40 years of total control: how Dos Santos shaped Angola 03 Dec 2016 - 06:11 pm

Johannesburg: For nearly 40 years Angolans endured a bloody civil war and extreme poverty as power rested solely in the hands of autocratic...

US warns crackdown in Myanmar could radicalize Rohingya 03 Dec 2016 - 05:59 pm

WASHINGTON: It's a scene straight out of Myanmar's dark past: a military offensive waged beyond world view that forces ethnic minority villagers from...

Ugly Austrian 'election of hate' draws to a close 03 Dec 2016 - 05:53 pm

Vienna: Austria's long and ugly presidential campaign drew to a close Saturday, with the far-right aiming to emulate Donald Trump and Brexit campaigners...

Nazi POW leaves estate to 'kind' Scottish village 03 Dec 2016 - 05:46 pm

London: A former Nazi prisoner of war has left his entire estate in his will to a small village in Scotland to show...

Gambia's political transition begins after election shock 03 Dec 2016 - 05:41 pm

Banjul, Gambia: The Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow was to hold talks with his coalition Saturday to plot his transition to power, following a...

French appeal verdict due for Rwandan genocide convict 03 Dec 2016 - 05:36 pm

Bobigny, France: A French jury retired to consider its verdict Saturday over an appeal by a former Rwandan intelligence agent jailed for 25...

Somali forces kill 7 in clash with faction loyal to Islamic State 03 Dec 2016 - 05:28 pm

BOSASSO, Somalia: Soldiers allied to the Western-backed Somali government said they killed seven insurgents from a faction loyal to the Islamic State group...

Yellowstone plans to thin bison herd by 900 animals 03 Dec 2016 - 04:53 pm

SALMON, Idaho: Yellowstone National Park plans to reduce its famed bison herd by at least 900 head this winter, culling stray animals outside...

Afghan Taliban hang university student in public: officials 03 Dec 2016 - 04:50 pm

Ghazni, Afghanistan: Taliban militants publicly hanged a university student after accusing him of killing a senior intelligence officer, Afghan officials said Saturday. The...

France, UAE launch fund to protect monuments in conflict areas 03 Dec 2016 - 04:30 pm

DOHA: France and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday launched a $100 million fund to protect heritage sites threatened by extremism and conflict...

First plane arrives with bodies of Brazil footballers killed in crash 03 Dec 2016 - 02:38 pm

Chapecó, Brazil: The first of two Brazilian air force planes carrying the remains of a football team killed in a plane crash arrived...

Egypt's court rules part of protest law unconstitutional 03 Dec 2016 - 02:32 pm

Cairo: Egypt's top court has struck down part of a law that allowed authorities to ban all but officially sanctioned protests, a court...

Indonesia police plane missing, feared crashed 03 Dec 2016 - 02:29 pm

Jakarta: An Indonesian police plane carrying 13 people went missing Saturday on a short domestic flight and is feared crashed, police said, the...

IS attack breaches militiamen's defenses in northern Iraq 03 Dec 2016 - 01:54 pm

BAGHDAD: An official from Iraq's state-sanctioned Shiite militias says Islamic State militants have breached their defenses at a village west of the northern...

Intense Syrian bombing of besieged Aleppo, troops advance 03 Dec 2016 - 01:36 pm

ALEPPO, Syria: Syrian warplanes, artillery and mortar rounds have pounded areas in the eastern rebel-held Aleppo enclave, killing at least three, according to...