HONG KONG: Hong Kong officials said yesterday they had smashed a syndicate that used fake documents to smuggle mainland Chinese into Argentina, Brazil,...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong officials said yesterday they had smashed a syndicate that used fake documents to smuggle mainland Chinese into Argentina, Brazil,...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth meets workers during a visit to Mars Chocolate factory in Slough, England, yesterday.
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will offer cuts to Social Security and other benefit programmes in a budget proposal next week aimed at...
LONDON: Britain’s beleaguered Finance Minister George Osborne faced fresh pressure over his hardline stance on the social welfare system yesterday after his car...
THE HAGUE: A Dutch court yesterday halted the extradition of a Dutch-Pakistani Al Qaeda suspect to the US, saying he would not be...
BAMAKO: France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius laid out plans to start withdrawing French troops from Mali before elections in July on a visit...
ROME: Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement, turned kingmaker in February’s inconclusive elections, yesterday gathered for a secret meeting amid rising tensions after some...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin defended yesterday controversial searches of Russian and foreign non-governmental organisations amid mounting concern from Europe. Speaking ahead of...
A Syrian sits on the rubble of a building in the Al Sukkari district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday. GENEVA:...
BEIRUT: Shia group Hezbollah, its allies and pro-Western rivals yesterday backed Sunni politician Tammam Salam to be Lebanon’s new prime minister, handing him...
Kuwait: A ranking Kuwaiti astronomer and historian said yesterday that the International Space Station (ISS) will cross Kuwait’s sky today at 6.10pm (local...
ALMATY: Iran and world powers met yesterday for new talks in search of a breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear crisis, with the West...
KHARTOUM: After a decade of conflict it is time for Sudan’s Darfur to begin rebuilding, UN experts said ahead of an international conference...
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s Hamas rulers yesterday urged the United Nations to reconsider its suspension of food aid for Palestinian refugees, imposed after protesters...
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BEIRUT: Tamam Salam, a moderate member of Lebanon's Western- and Saudi-backed opposition, emerged Friday as a consensus candidate for the post of premier,...
NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state and possible candidate to become America's first female president, called women's rights on...
ROME: An Italian couple in their sixties, overwhelmed by crushing financial difficulties and unable to pay their rent, committed suicide by hanging, police...