DUBAI: Dubai has inaugurated the world’s tallest twisted tower built at a cost of $272m, setting yet another record for skyscrapers and other...
DUBAI: Dubai has inaugurated the world’s tallest twisted tower built at a cost of $272m, setting yet another record for skyscrapers and other...
DAMASCUS: Damascus international airport came under rebel mortar attack yesterday, officials said, as the United Nations warned that children and families are increasingly...
JERUSALEM: Israel is moving forward with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in two West Bank settlements, a watchdog said yesterday in...
CAIRO: Egypt will auction off pricey gifts received by its senior government officials next week, including luxury watches and a silver sword, with...
BEN AROUS, Tunisia: A Tunisian rapper was handed a two-year jail sentence yesterday for insulting the police in a song, with the court...
Prince William’s wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, (second left) at a ceremony to officially name Princess Cruises’s new ship ‘Royal Princess’ in...
WASHINGTON: The United States has launched a criminal investigation and is taking “all necessary steps” to prosecute former CIA employee Edward Snowden for...
WASHINGTON: A unanimous US Supreme Court yesterday prohibited patents on naturally occurring human genes but allowed legal protections on synthetically produced genetic material...
HAVANA: Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel abandoned her quest to become the first person to make the 166km swim from Cuba to Florida...
HARARE: Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai rejected President Robert Mugabe’s declaration of a July 31 election yesterday, accusing his rival of breaching the...
ATHENS: Greek Prime Min-ister Antonis Samaras moved to defuse a political crisis over the government’s abrupt closure of state broadcaster ERT that prompted...
CHICAGO: An explosion at a chemical factory killed two people, injured at least 49 others and sent orange flames and huge plumes of...
WASHINGTON: US autho-rities yesterday warned makers of medical devices and hospital networks to step up efforts to guard against potential cyber attacks. The...
A farmer plants rice saplings in a paddy field against the backdrop of pre-monsoon clouds in the northern city of Amritsar yesterday. NEW...
NEW DELHI: India may further raise caps on foreign direct investment to spur more inflows of funds, as part of efforts to kick-start...
NEW DELHI: The government is considering calling a special session of parliament to pass a bill to provide subsidised food to millions of...
Hyderabad: A railway police official foiled a train robbery in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh early yesterday. Railway Protection Force sub-inspector Shaik Ibrahim...
New Delhi/Patna: Suspected Maoists attacked a passenger train in Bihar’s Jamui district yesterday, killing a railway police personnel and two passengers. “Three people,...
