DAMASCUS: Syria has begun releasing prisoners, many of whom were held without charge, under the broadest amnesty the country has seen since the...
DAMASCUS: Syria has begun releasing prisoners, many of whom were held without charge, under the broadest amnesty the country has seen since the...
TRIPOLI: A Libyan renegade general has agreed to observe a ceasefire in his declared war on militant Islamists during national elections on June...
NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has responded defiantly to an opposition boycott of this month’s presidential election, calling for “100 percent”...
ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan’s president and rebel chief met yesterday in a bid to end six months of civil war, agreeing to forge...
SANA’A: Yemen suffered a total blackout yesterday after gunmen in the eastern province of Marib sabotaged key power lines, the electricity and energy...
Paramilitary soldiers react as they ask members of the media to leave during their search in a neighbourhood, after a gunfire attack on...
A boy takes part in a protest against the killing of Shia pilgrims in Quetta yesterday. At least 24 pilgrims were killed in...
Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain (left) with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan upon his arrival in Abuja, Nigeria, yesterday. Hussain is in Nigeria on a...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) of Imran Khan yesterday filed a miscellaneous petition in the Supreme Court over alleged tampering in ballot bags...
KABUL: A Nato air strike in Afghanistan killed five US soldiers in an apparent “friendly fire” accident during clashes with insurgents, officials said...
ISLAMABAD: At a time, when Pakistan’s climbing duo Samina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali are on their way to complete the ‘seven...
Kabul: At least nine Taliban militants were killed following joint military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours....
US actress Angelina Jolie (third right), British Prime Minister David Cameron (second left) and Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague (left) outside No. 10...
Hillary Clinton poses with her new book “Hard Choices” during a book signing in New York yesterday. NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton launched her...
KIEV: Ukraine’s new Western-backed president yesterday ordered the creation of humanitarian corridors in the separatist east that could save civilians and advance his...
DUBLIN: The Irish government has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the treatment of children at Catholic church homes for unmarried mothers, including accusations...
HARPSUND, Sweden: German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed her support yesterday for Jean-Claude Juncker becoming the next president of the European Commission after meeting...
DUESSELDORF: At least six people were killed in storms that swept Germany’s most populous state late on Monday, forcing Duesseldorf airport to shut...
