GENEVA: The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR declined to criticise U.S. President Donald Trump's cut in refugee resettlement places on Tuesday, saying it was...
GENEVA: The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR declined to criticise U.S. President Donald Trump's cut in refugee resettlement places on Tuesday, saying it was...
Beirut: Syria's jihadist-dominated Idlib province is the last major area remaining mostly out of regime control after more than seven years of civil...
BERLIN: An anti-Kremlin activist who is in Berlin for treatment was likely poisoned, a doctor said on Tuesday, adding that while the man...
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: A Russian military aircraft with 14 people on board vanished from radar screens over Syria at the same time as Israeli and...
SEOUL: When South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived on Tuesday to begin his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the wildly...
Hong Kong: Teachers, refugees, children and office workers mobilised in Hong Kong Tuesday for a massive clean-up after Typhoon Mangkhut. In a city...
WASHINGTON/TIANJIN: US President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Beijing, imposing 10 percent tariffs on about $200 billion worth of imports in...
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed a plea from his Turkish counterpart for a cease-fire in northwest Syria. Now he’s effectively...
BERLIN: Germany will reduce the number of troops stationed in northern Iraq, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. Speaking to...
CHENNAI: Garment workers in Bangladesh have rejected an increase in the minimum wage, saying it is still not enough to live on and...
LONDON: A charity announced Britain's first safe house for trafficked children on Monday, aiming to tackle the high number of victims who go...
NAIROBI: International charity Marie Stopes on Monday denied promoting abortions to teenage girls in Kenya after the government banned a radio advertisement, saying...
BANGKOK: When Jay Fai, a 70-year-old street food seller in Bangkok known for her crab omelettes, won a Michelin star last year at...
SIKSA: When a pipeline was installed last year to bring spring water and snowmelt to this village of 500 households in northern Pakistan,...
DARGUE, Niger: Grappling with desert conditions, insurgency and decades of political instability, Niger has long struggled to feed its rapidly growing population. But...
BEIRUT: They dug trenches around towns, reinforced caves for cover and put up sand bags around their positions. They issued calls to arms,...
SOCHI, Russia: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a joint statement due to be made after his meeting with Russian President...
Kiev: Seven police officers were injured Monday in clashes with ultranationalists who were protesting a decision by the authorities to extradite a Russian...
