LUCKNOW: Female “sadhus”, or holy Hindu women, have broken away from tradition and formed a new all-female group in India that they hope...
LUCKNOW: Female “sadhus”, or holy Hindu women, have broken away from tradition and formed a new all-female group in India that they hope...
People hold placards reading “I pray for Crimea-Ukraine” during a rally at Independence Square in central Kiev. KIEV/BALACLAVA, Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Labour Party leader Ed Miliband delivers a speech at his party’s special conference, in London, yesterday.
BILBAO, Spain: Armed Basque separatist group ETA yesterday pledged to give up all its weapons but warned the government that any attack or...
WASHINGTON: A fiery US President Barack Obama on Friday attempted to rally Democratic activists to overcome stiff headwinds and work hard for the...
CARACAS: Venezuelan activists called for fresh protests yesterday after at least 41 people were arrested as street battles raged between security forces and...
BANGUI: French President Francois Hollande told the Central African Republic on Friday that his troops would work to stop the country splitting in...
SKOPJE: Macedonia is set to call early parliamentary elections in a bid to end a political deadlock sparked by the two main ruling...
Emergency personnel clear debris while searching for survivors in the Bustan Al Qasr district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday. Radical...
Egypt’s Interim President Adly Mansour (centre) presiding over a meeting of the newly-appointed cabinet at the presidential palace in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: Egypt’s...
Mourners grieve for their relatives killed in a bomb attack, during a funeral in Najaf, 160km south of Baghdad. BAGHDAD: The death toll...
CAIRO: An Egyptian appeals court has postponed until tomorrow a request by lawyers to appoint new judges in trials involving ousted Islamist president...
Tehran: Iran’s president said yesterday the Islamic Republic has decided not to develop nuclear weapons out of principle, not only because it is...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has hit back at Russian criticism of its reported plans to supply shoulder-launched missiles to Syrian rebels, saying it was...
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s parliament has voted to close private preparatory schools, many of which are a source of income and influence for an Islamic...
GAZA CITY: A mentally ill Gazan woman was shot dead by Israeli troops near the border early yesterday, the Palestinian territory’s Hamas-run Health...
JAKARTA: Representatives of 22 nations pledged their support for Palestinian development yesterday, but the UN urged more action for refugees “in need of...
