MANILA: The world’s most powerful typhoon this year gained strength yesterday as it swirled towards the Philippines, forcing mass evacuations across a vast...
MANILA: The world’s most powerful typhoon this year gained strength yesterday as it swirled towards the Philippines, forcing mass evacuations across a vast...
From left: The head of MI5 Andrew Parker, head of MI6 John Sawers and GCHQ director Iain Lobban attend an Intelligence and Security...
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia: President Vladimir Putin yesterday said he had asked parliament to pass a law increasing the use of the Russian national anthem...
WASHINGTON: US regulators yesterday took steps to ban trans fat from processed foods like microwave popcorn and frozen pizzas, saying the artery-clogging oils...
MOSCOW: An international trio of astronauts arrived yesterday at the International Space Station with an unlit Olympic torch that will for the first...
LONDON: A drunk Canadian student was crushed to death in a rubbish truck after apparently falling asleep in a bin just hours after...
Fighters from the Syrian rebel group Jabhat Al Nusra search civilians at the Karaj Al Hajez crossing, a passageway separating Aleppo’s rebel-held Bustan...
AMMAN: The Syrian army and loyalist fighters yesterday captured a strategic southern suburb of Damascus, threatening rebel control of the wider area and...
RABAT: King Mohammed VI reacted angrily to international criticism of Morocco’s human rights record in the annexed Western Sahara on Wednesday, insisting the...
THE HAGUE: Inspectors have verified all but one of Syria’s 23 declared chemical weapons sites, the world’s watchdog said yesterday, after filming a...
NUSAYBIN: Thousands of Kurds protested yesterday against Turkish plans to build a wall along the Syrian border, calling it a move to stop...
CAIRO: A hardline Egyptian Islamist group has said it will rally in defiance of a new law designed to regulate protests that the...
KHARTOUM: Dozens of government troops have been killed during a rebel ambush in Sudan’s Darfur, a regional analyst said yesterday, confirming an unusually...
JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces yesterday shut down two east Jerusalem offices they said were a cover for activities of the Palestinian Islamist movement...
The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada inaugurating the new research and development water laboratory during...
Kuwait: Kuwait will not replace Saudi Arabia at the UN Security Council, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al Jarallah said yesterday, denying reports. “Kuwait...
Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will join worshippers to perform the Istisqa prayer for rain at Al...
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani before delivering a lecture at UCL London on Wednesday. DOHA: Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani, Reach...
