COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s elections chief warned state-run television networks not to broadcast programmes supporting President Mahinda Rajapakse in upcoming polls. Elections Commissioner Mahinda...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s elections chief warned state-run television networks not to broadcast programmes supporting President Mahinda Rajapakse in upcoming polls. Elections Commissioner Mahinda...
SEOUL: Korean Air CEO Cho Yang-Ho publicly apologised yesterday after his daughter triggered public anger and ridicule by kicking the head of cabin...
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar Hassan Al Bashir claimed victory over the International Criminal Court yesterday after it shelved further investigation of war crimes...
Cairo: US scholar and former diplomat Michele Dunne, known for her staunch criticism of Egypt’s authorities, said she was barred from entering Egypt...
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s defence minister said on Friday that a new army offensive would defeat rebels in the war-torn Darfur, Blue Nile and South...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Friday beheaded a Filipino convicted of killing one of its nationals, the interior ministry said. Carletto Lana shot dead...
ALGIERS: The mayor of a town in Algeria was shot dead and had his throat slit by unidentified “terrorists” on Friday, police were...
BENGHAZI: Forces loyal to Libya’s recognised government yesterday conducted air strikes on targets near the eastern oil ports of Ras Lanuf and Es-Sider...
BENGHAZI: Libya’s recognised government has appointed a second official to head state-run National Oil Corp (NOC), it said yesterday as it vies with...
Acitivists from different organisations demonstrate on the sidelines of the UN COP20 and CMP10 climate change conferences being held in Lima. LIMA: Negotiators...
People gather for the start of the national Justice For All march, led by civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton, against police violence,...
A view of the crane that fell on to the roof of a house in Ijsselstein, central Netherlands, yesterday. The incident occurred when...
People carry Polish flags during a demonstration in Warsaw yesterday. Taking place on the anniversary of the imposition of General Wojciech Jaruzelski’s 1981...
FREETOWN: Sierra Leone said yesterday that it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to spread...
WASHINGTON: US rights activists fear their work around the globe may be hampered by revelations of a brutal CIA torture programme, but hope...
PORTLAND, Oregon: A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting of three teenagers and a 20-year-old who were wounded outside a...
LONDON: The opposition Labour party has chosen former cabinet minister Jim Murphy as its leader in Scotland where he will have the job...
MIAMI: Cuba will attend the Summit of the Americas next year for the first time in the history of the regional gathering that...
