COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that he would seek an unprecedented third term as president, prompting one of his lawmakers to...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that he would seek an unprecedented third term as president, prompting one of his lawmakers to...
A Filipina girl kisses a picture of Pope Francis inside a cathedral in Manila yesterday. Pope Francis is scheduled to visit the Philippines...
MANILA: A Philippine court yesterday sentenced nine people to jail for a fire that killed 162 people at a disco in 1996, in...
KATHMANDU: A bus plunged into a deep, fast-flowing river in western Nepal yesterday, with at least 24 passengers feared dead, officials said. Divers...
SEOUL: The head of the company that operated South Korea’s ill-fated Sewol ferry was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday, after being...
SEOUL: New satellite imagery suggests North Korea may be firing up a facility for processing weapons-grade plutonium, as Pyongyang threatened yesterday a fresh...
RANONG: The smuggling of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar is so lucrative that Thai fishermen are converting their boats to carry humans,...
Trucks sit stranded on a closed New York State Thruway in the town of Cheektowaga near Buffalo yesterday. NEW YORK: Americans smothered in...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is greeted by pipe major Ryan Anderson after arriving at Elgin Railway Station in Scotland yesterday.
BERLIN: Nations meeting in Berlin yesterday pledged $9.3bn (¤7.4bn) for a climate fund to help poor countries cut emissions and prepare for global...
STOCKHOLM: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange yesterday lost his appeal against a Swedish arrest warrant over alleged sex crimes, the latest setback in a...
MOSCOW/KIEV: Russia warned the United States yesterday against supplying arms to Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, hours before US Vice-President...
ROME: Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed yesterday to change Italy’s “nightmare” statute of limitation rules after the conviction of a Swiss billionaire related...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed up 0.33 percent on bargain-hunting Friday, while investors focus on political developments in Japan ahead of an election next...
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif shake hands as EU envoy Catherine Ashton watches, before a meeting...
Members of the Kurdish security forces and Iraqi armed forces gather during an intensive security deployment in Diyala province, north of Baghdad. BAGHDAD:...
Bahrain’s Minister of State for Information Affairs and government spokesperson Samira bin Rajab speaks to reporters during the opening of the elections media...
JERUSALEM: An Israeli mayor came under government fire yesterday after ordering a ban on some Arab municipal workers in the wake of Tuesday’s...
