Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.5 magnitude shook western parts of Indonesia’s Java island including the capital Wednesday morning, but no tsunami warning was...
Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.5 magnitude shook western parts of Indonesia’s Java island including the capital Wednesday morning, but no tsunami warning was...
CAIRO: Two policemen were killed and two others injured Tuesday in a fresh militant attack in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, according to a...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with the leaders of Turkey and Iraq about battle for Mosul, where Iraqi forces are...
HANOI, Vietnam: Rescuers have recovered the bodies of three military personnel on a helicopter that crashed into a mountain during a training flight...
BANGKOK: Thai police are investigating 12 new complaints of royal defamation found on social media lodged since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej...
BEIRUT: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri intends to endorse Michel Aoun for the country's vacant presidency, political sources said, though a leading ...
ANKARA: Turkish police shot dead a suspected Islamic State militant who was believed to be planning a suicide bomb attack in the capital...
WASHINGTON: "Bittersweet" was the word of the night, the one used most often to describe President Barack Obama's final state dinner. "We saved...
Las Vegas: President Barack Obama on Tuesday slapped down Donald Trump's claim that the 2016 presidential race is rigged, telling the Republican nominee...
Jakarta: The Indonesian capital Jakarta, one of the world's most overcrowded and polluted megacities, has launched a new bid to rid its streets...
ABUJA/DAKAR: The 21 Nigerian schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last week after two-and-a-half years' captivity urgently need support to reintegrate into their...
Washington: Known for her lacy white collars and fastidious vocabulary, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems like a figure from a bygone era in...
Brussels: Iraq is helping defend the world against the Islamic State group through its campaign to retake the city of Mosul, Foreign Minister...
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday said although it would be "a difficult fight," he was confident that Iraqi forces leading the...
Paris: The UN cultural agency on Tuesday adopted an Arab-sponsored resolution condemning Israel's actions at a flashpoint holy site in east Jerusalem that...
Moscow: Moscow announced Tuesday that Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped bombing Aleppo ahead of a brief truce, a move the Kremlin...
BERLIN: German police deployed on Tuesday in the centre of the western town of Dueren after a shooting incident was reported at a...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria, Mali and Somalia were Tuesday listed as “epicenters” of violent extremism in Africa by the UN Development Program (UNDP), the...
