Kabul: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has put their operations "on hold" in Afghanistan following an attack that claimed the...
Some 36 countries with host Pakistan as the 37th will be taking part in Pakistan Navy’s (PN) four-day joint multinational exercise Aman-2017, which...
Cannon Ball: Construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North Dakota reservoir has begun and the full pipeline should be operational within...
Kiev, Ukraine: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, speaking in Kiev on Thursday, called for an end to Western sanctions on Russia over its...
Jakarta: Indonesia said it had accepted an Australian apology after teaching materials deemed offensive to Jakarta led to a partial suspension of ties,...
BERLIN: The Dutch royal couple has visited the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald, placing white roses in memory of the victims. Some 280,000...
Caen, France: An explosion at a nuclear power plant on France's northwest coast on Thursday caused minor injuries, but the authorities said there...
New York: A heavy winter snow storm lashed the northeastern United States yesterday, subjecting New York to near blizzard-like conditions and forcing flight...
JOHANNESBURG: South African police and military forces are deploying ahead of a speech in parliament by President Jacob Zuma, the target of protesters...
Banjul: The European Union announced aid worth ¤225m ($240m) for The Gambia's new government as President Adama Barrow said his nation was "virtually...
Kathmandu: Nepal yesterday extended the mandates for two commissions tasked with probing crimes committed during the bloody civil war, hours before a deadline...
Beijing: China is to begin taking fingerprints of all foreign visitors as it steps up security on its borders, the Ministry of Public...
Gaza City: At least two Palestinians were killed and five others injured yesterday in an airstrike on the Egyptian-Palestinian border, according to the...
Cairo: An Egyptian organisation that treats victims of torture and trauma was closed down by police yesterday, according to the center's founder, a...
DUBAI: Bahrain said yesterday its forces had killed three men and captured seven during a gun battle at sea as they tried to...
Beijing: Chinese police have rescued 32 Vietnamese women who were sold as brides to Chinese farmers, authorities said yesterday, in an operation aimed...
Cagayan de Oro: Communist guerrillas abducted three villagers, including a policeman, and burned construction equipment in new attacks in the Philippines yesterday and...
