KATHMANDU: A British mountaineer’s interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese...
KATHMANDU: A British mountaineer’s interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese...
DAVAO CITY: Gunmen on motorbikes shot and killed an elected town official in Davao Oriental, police confirmed yesterday. Davao Oriental police chief Superintendent...
WASHINGTON: Myanmar President Thein Sein yesterday became the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century,...
LONDON: A former army helicopter pilot was yesterday named as the first “home-grown” British astronaut to head to the International Space Station. Major...
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron faced deepening splits within his Conservative Party yesterday as a divisive bill to legalise gay marriage returned...
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will head to Peru and Colombia tomorrow and Thursday, looking to bolster trade with Latin America and...
WASHINGTON: The US yesterday denounced what it called a rising tide of both anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment around the world as it urged...
Members of the Free Syrian Army cook food on a street of Deir Al Zor. BEIRUT: The Friends of Syria group, which backs...
JERUSALEM: A gunman shot dead four people execution-style in a bank in Israel yesterday after being refused an overdraft and cash from its...
MANILA/Riyadh: The Philippines said yesterday it had signed a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia that would protect thousands of Filipina maids from being...
DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced nine Shias to jail terms ranging between 10 and 15 years yesterday after convicting them of forming a...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a ceremonial reception at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in...
Lucknow: An FIR was yesterday registered here against social networking site Facebook on a complaint that claimed a group on the site exhorts...
New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped here by three people, including two neighbours, after being giving sedatives, police said yesterday....
New Delhi: A man accused of rape can be convicted only if he has a malafide intention of not fulfilling a promise of...
Police investigators work at a blast site outside a building used by court bailiffs in central Makhachkala yesterday. MAKHACHKALA, Russia: Two car bombs...
A participant jumps into a puddle of mud during a festival in Hergisdorf, Germany, yesterday. The people of Hergisdorf use the annual event...
MAIDUGURI: Nigeria relaxed a curfew yesterday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from...
