World

Fire destroys natural history museum, minister orders audit 26 Apr 2016 - 10:18 am

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out in the National Museum of Natural History in the Federation of Indian Chambers of...

Countdown starts for launch of India's navigation satellite 26 Apr 2016 - 10:15 am

A file photo of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in February. Reuters Chennai: The 51.30 hour countdown for the launch of India's seventh...

Islamists behead Canadian hostage in Philippines 26 Apr 2016 - 10:14 am

Filipino policemen stand guard on the spot where the head of a person with 'Caucasian features' was dropped off, in the town of...

Air strikes kill five rescue workers near Syria’s Aleppo - monitor 26 Apr 2016 - 10:01 am

BEIRUT: Air strikes and rocket attacks by Syrian government forces west of Aleppo killed five rescue workers overnight, a monitoring group and volunteers...

Turkey needs religious constitution, parliament speaker says 26 Apr 2016 - 09:59 am

REUTERS/ File photo \ISTANBUL: Overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey needs a “religious” constitution and secularism should be dropped from the country’s new charter, parliament’s speaker...

The battle for birth control: Afghanistan's new fight 26 Apr 2016 - 09:57 am

NGO Marie Stopes International (MSI) head Batul Mahadiyar advises adult women on how to plan their families and space out pregnancies in accordance...

With everything on the line Tuesday, Sanders makes an election-eve appeal 26 Apr 2016 - 09:21 am

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the Fitzgerald Field House on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh on...

Syrian food crisis deepens as war chokes farming 26 Apr 2016 - 09:17 am

Syrian farmers work in a wheat field in Maarshamsha, Idlib countryside, Syria, May 31, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo By Maha El Dahan ABU...

How one Russian oligarch beat the crisis and made a fortune 26 Apr 2016 - 09:03 am

File photo of Russian business magnate Mikhail Gutseriyev. Reuters By Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON: As Russia was descending into financial crisis, some of its...

Burundi president condemns general's killing as violence grows 26 Apr 2016 - 08:56 am

A policeman walks at the crime scene where Burundian General Athanase Kararuza was attacked and killed by unknown gunmen in Ntahangwa commune, north...

Malaria deaths rising in Angola as health crisis spreads 26 Apr 2016 - 08:50 am

File photo of a boy sitting inside a mosquito net. Reuters LUANDA: Deaths from malaria in Angola this year look set to outstrip...

Obama sends more Special Forces to Syria in fight against IS 26 Apr 2016 - 08:48 am

A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen inside a checkpoint at the site of a car bomb on the outskirts of...

France beats Japan, Germany to win $40 billion Australian submarine contract 26 Apr 2016 - 08:46 am

Crew members stand atop of the Royal Australian Navy's Collins class submarine HMAS Sheean as it prepares to berth at the naval base...

Vietnam thwarts dissidents, pop star election bid 26 Apr 2016 - 08:38 am

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (C) arrives for the opening ceremony of the 12th National Congress of Vietnam's Communist Party (VCP) in...

Nagorno-Karabakh says two soldiers killed by Azeri gunfire 26 Apr 2016 - 08:29 am

YEREVAN: Two soldiers from the Armenian-backed Nagorno-Karabakh were killed by gunfire from Azerbaijan in the early hours of Tuesday, the defence ministry of...

Austrian 'end of an era' after far-right election triumph 26 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) presidential candidate Norbert Hofer (C) celebrates at the party headquarters after the Austrian presidential elections in Vienna, Austria,...

Donors pledge cash to keep Chernobyl safe 30 years after disaster 26 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Children, who permanently live at the territory contaminated with radionuclides after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, take physiotherapy while they are in...