World / Americas

Ukraine NATO membership not on agenda: Stoltenberg 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrive for a joint press conference at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland July...

Obama says Europe can 'always' count on US 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and...

Protests in US cities as Dallas shooting rocks race relations 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Members of an FBI evidence response team search an area that is still an active crime scene in downtown Dallas following the deaths...

Obama: America is not as divided as some suggest after Dallas 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Warsaw: US President Barack Obama on Saturday sought to calm fears of a divided nation after five police officers were killed in Dallas...

Boko Haram kills 7 in northeast Nigeria: residents 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

People hold signs as they take part in a march 'against' Islamist group Boko Haram on July 9, 2016 in Niamey. The seven-year...

Sarajevo pays homage to recovered victims of Srebrenica massacre 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Bosnian Muslims lay flowers on a moving truck which transports caskets of the massacre of Srebrenica in 1995 from the municipal morgue in...

Macedonian police arrest four suspected of Islamic State links 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Macedonian soldiers and police escort migrants who have crossed the border illegally from Greece into army trucks in the village of Moini, Macedonia,...

AP: Islamic State's Twitter traffic drops amid US efforts 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa, June 29, 2014. Reuters...

Daughter of Chile’s Allende eyes presidential bid in 2017 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

SANTIAGO: Isabel Allende, a ruling party senator in Chile and the daughter of deposed ex-president Salvador Allende, said she is considering running for...

Trump looks at retired general Flynn as possible running mate 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Retired Lt Gen Michael Flynn. DIA handout photo By Steve Holland WASHINGTON: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is giving consideration to retired...

Stopped 52 times by police: Was it racial profiling? 10 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

People go into Grand Central Station while they take part in a protest against the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and...

British Labour chief to face leadership challenge 09 Jul 2016 - 06:46 pm

In this combination of file pictures created on July 9, 2016 Shadow Business Secretary Angela Eagle (L) addresses delegates on day two of...

'Killing Fields' reporter Sydney Schanberg dead at 82 09 Jul 2016 - 06:34 pm

Sydney Schanberg. Photo courtesy: nytimes.com Washington: Sydney Schanberg, the Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent who chronicled the Khmer Rouge's brutal rise to power in Cambodia...

Russia says two US diplomats expelled in tit-for-tat move 09 Jul 2016 - 04:37 pm

A view from Moscow (file photo: Reuters) Moscow: Moscow on Saturday said it had expelled two US diplomats as a retaliatory move after...

UK opposition Labour lawmaker Eagle bids to unseat leader Corbyn 09 Jul 2016 - 03:37 pm

File pictures of Shadow Business Secretary Angela Eagle (L) and Leader of Britain's opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn. (AFP) LONDON: Angela Eagle, a...

Stop taking stupid selfies, Croatia tells tourists 09 Jul 2016 - 01:27 pm

Zagreb: Croatia's mountain rescue service has urged tourists to stop putting themselves in danger taking "stupid and dangerous selfies", after a Canadian man...

Would-be British PM sparks row with remarks on rival's childlessness 09 Jul 2016 - 01:22 pm

Andrea Leadsom speaks at a news conference in central London, Britain July 7, 2016. Reuters/Paul Hackett/File photo By Estelle Shirbon LONDON: Andrea Leadsom,...