World

On 9/11 anniversary, Trump salutes 'heroes' of Flight 93 11 Sep 2018 - 06:45 pm

Shanksville, United States: President Donald Trump paid tribute Tuesday to the "heroes" who fought back against hijackers on September 11, 2001, vowing America...

Surge, wind, rain, floods: Hurricane Florence could hit hard 11 Sep 2018 - 06:07 pm

RALEIGH, N.C.: As Hurricane Florence churned toward an eventual Eastern Seaboard landfall, evacuations were imposed for parts of three East Coast states Tuesday...

Russia claims Syria rebels 'staging chemical attack' 11 Sep 2018 - 05:37 pm

Moscow: Russia claimed Tuesday that Syrian rebels had begun working on film footage that would be presented to the world as the aftermath...

Turkey urges allies to work together in Syria's Idlib 11 Sep 2018 - 05:10 pm

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday called on international allies to work together in Syria's Idlib with efforts to prevent civilian...

Hungary, Austria reject UN criticism of anti-migration policies 11 Sep 2018 - 04:23 pm

Geneva: Hungary and Austria on Tuesday rejected criticism from the UN's new human rights chief over their migration policies, accusing her of spreading...

Ryanair issues jobs threat in Germany over strikes 11 Sep 2018 - 03:56 pm

Frankfurt am Main: Ryanair warned Tuesday that it may slash jobs and close some bases in Germany if it is hit with more...

Wife of Pakistan's jailed ex-PM Nawaz Sharif dies in London 11 Sep 2018 - 03:10 pm

ISLAMABAD: The cancer-stricken wife of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif died in London on Tuesday while her husband and daughter were...

Islamic State ambush kills 21 regime fighters in southern Syria: monitor 11 Sep 2018 - 03:06 pm

Beirut: An ambush by the Islamic State group has killed 21 regime fighters in Syria's southern province of Sweida, a Britain-based war monitor...

Ethiopia, Eritrea reopen border points for first time in 20 years 11 Sep 2018 - 03:02 pm

ADDIS ABABA: The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea re-opened crossing points on their shared border on Tuesday for the first time in 20...

UN says Myanmar waging 'campaign against journalists' 11 Sep 2018 - 02:55 pm

Geneva: Myanmar, facing international outrage over the jailing of Reuters journalists for their reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, is conducting a...

S.Africa 'close to war zone' with 57 murders a day: minister 11 Sep 2018 - 12:45 pm

Cape Town: South Africa's murder rate rose again last year, official statistics showed Tuesday, with over 20,000 killed across the country -- about...

Japan culls 546 hogs after detecting first swine fever outbreak in 26 years 11 Sep 2018 - 11:42 am

TOKYO, Following Japan's first outbreak of swine fever in 26 years, a local government said on Tuesday it had culled 546 hogs in...

Dozens of rare Hermann's tortoises stolen in Corsica 11 Sep 2018 - 11:20 am

Ajaccio, France, A turtle conservation park on the French island of Corsica is asking the public for help after 56 rare Hermann's tortoises,...

First two U.S. troops from N.Korean remains identified 11 Sep 2018 - 11:17 am

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM: The U.S. military has identified the first two American troops from 55 boxes of human remains from the 1950-53...

Student killed in twin bomb attack near Afghan girls' school: officials 11 Sep 2018 - 10:45 am

Jalalabad, Afghanistan, A boy was killed and four others wounded in a double bombing outside a girls' school in restive eastern Afghanistan on...

Ethiopia, Eritrea leaders celebrate peace and new year at border where war raged 11 Sep 2018 - 10:32 am

NAIROBI, The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea visited their shared border to celebrate Ethiopian new year together on Tuesday - marking the countries'...

Russia launches biggest ever war games 11 Sep 2018 - 10:31 am

Chita, Russia: Russia on Tuesday launched what it has called its largest every military drills, with hundreds of thousands of Russian troops taking...