TUNIS: Tunisian police fired tear gas in front of parliament yesterday to disperse secular protesters demanding the dissolution of the assembly and Islamists...
TUNIS: Tunisian police fired tear gas in front of parliament yesterday to disperse secular protesters demanding the dissolution of the assembly and Islamists...
Turkish embassy staff carry a wounded colleague on a stretcher after a suicide car bomb attack at the gates of a building housing...
KHARTOUM: New clashes between the Sudanese army and rebels erupted yesterday in the country’s main oil-producing state of South Kordofan, bordering South Sudan,...
JUBA: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has named former Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin as the new foreign minister of the African oil...
US rapper Yasiin Bey formerly known as Mos Def is being force fed in this still image taken from an undated video provided...
Pope Francis with children at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, yesterday. RIO DE JANEIRO: Pope Francis yesterday said leaders must address...
FORT MEADE, US: The military judge overseeing the trial of US soldier Bradley Manning over his massive transfer of secret files to WikiLeaks...
BOGOTA: Colombia has detained a former paramilitary wanted for the massacre of dozens of peasants in 2000, and who recently threatened to drive...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) with Philippines President Benigno Aquino (left) during a ceremony to welcome him at the Malacanang presidential palace,...
BEIJING: China’s Defence Ministry yesterday urged international vigilance of Japan’s military plans after it unveiled an interim report calling for strengthened armed forces,...
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s opposition leader yesterday denounced signs of voter fraud on the eve of elections and labelled Prime Minister Hun Sen a...
JAKARTA: Police detained four Indonesians allegedly involved in arranging an Australian-bound refugee boat which sank earlier this week, killing at least 15 people,...
TAIPEI: Anger over the death of a corporal who was allegedly abused by his officers has dealt a blow to Taiwan’s plans to...
MANILA: The Chinese have transformed the Panganiban (Mischief) Reef in Palawan into a forward naval station with at least one ship docked in...
JAKARTA: Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have held the first trilateral meeting on trans-boundary haze in Jakarta. Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said its Permanent...
People gather at the site of the blasts at a bazaar in Parachinar, Pakistan, yesterday. PESHAWAR: Fifty-one people were killed in twin suicide...
KABUL: Afghanistan yesterday expanded the registration of new voters to more insecure rural areas ahead of a landmark presidential election next year. The...
KARACHI: Majority of Pakistanis say the government should hold talks with Taliban. Thirty-two percent citizens say talks should be done with Taliban while...