Colombo: Sri Lanka's president extended on Wednesday by a further month the state of emergency imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday Islamist bombings...
Colombo: Sri Lanka's president extended on Wednesday by a further month the state of emergency imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday Islamist bombings...
ISTANBUL: The opposition's candidate for Istanbul mayor has launched his campaign for the June 23 re-run elections, promising to win again after Turkey's...
OSLO: A surge of algae has killed an estimated 8 million salmon at Norwegian fish farms over the past week, wiping out more...
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May's final Brexit gambit was in tatters on Wednesday just hours after her offer of a vote on...
Seoul: North Korea has labeled Joe Biden a "fool of low IQ" and an "imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being"...
LONDON: Dozens of suspected slaves have been rescued in a week-long crackdown on illegal drug gangs across Britain that uncovered hundreds of vulnerable...
NEW DELHI: The Taj Mahal, built as a monument to a woman who died in childbirth, is set to get a baby feeding...
CAIRO: In the heart of Egypt's capital, an ancient Indonesian martial arts sport is helping dozens of women stand up to harassment. With...
LONDON: A legal challenge against a British police force's use of facial-recognition technology on passers-by in public spaces began on Tuesday in a...
Kabul: Beneath the gaze of the TV cameras a woman begins speaking, at first softly but with growing passion as she faces the...
Jakarta: Heavily armed Indonesian troops were on high alert Tuesday amid fears of civil unrest in the capital Jakarta, as the surprise early...
BANGKOK: With his election win confirmed on Tuesday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to push ahead with his promise to register all...
PARIS: A French woman whose husband died in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airliner in Ethiopia has filed a U.S. lawsuit...
Stockholm: A Swedish court said Tuesday it would hold a hearing on June 3 to decide whether to issue a detention order for...
Damascus: Abu Anas al-Hijazi scanned the stalls in the Syrian capital's Bab Srija market but bought nothing. For the cash-strapped 45-year-old wedding singer,...
Geneva: An estimated three million people have fled the crisis in Venezuela since 2015, most of whom should be considered refugees, the United...
Guwahati: A state legislator in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and at least 10 others were killed Tuesday in an attack...
Moscow: The Kremlin on Tuesday warned Ukraine's new President Volodymyr Zelensky against asking Washington for more sanctions against Russia, suggesting it would not...
