World

Europe demands prompt divorce from divided Britain 26 Jun 2016 - 08:35 am

(L to R) Foreign ministers of Luxemborg Jean Asselborn, Italy Paolo Gentiloni, Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Belgium Didier Reynders, France Jean-Marc Ayrault and Netherlands...

Iran says five rebels killed in Kurdish region 26 Jun 2016 - 08:18 am

Tehran: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said it killed five armed rebels in recent clashes along its border with Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported. ...

'Silver tsunami' threatens to wipe out S. Korean rural communities 26 Jun 2016 - 08:12 am

In a photo taken on May 27, 2016 an elderly woman walks past a poster at a health centre in Gunwi, Seoul. AFP...

Australia PM says re-elect us to counter Brexit chaos 26 Jun 2016 - 08:10 am

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull after addressing the Coalition Campaign launch in Sydney on June 26, 2016. AFP / SAEED KHAN Sydney: Australia's prime...

‘Brexit’ threatens to undermine US-Britain special relationship 26 Jun 2016 - 01:22 am

By Matt Spetalnick and Yara Bayoumy Britain’s decision to quit the European Union could send damaging shockwaves through the bedrock Anglo-American “special relationship,”...

New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham dies at 87 26 Jun 2016 - 12:51 am

New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham crosses the street after taking photos during New York Fashion Week in the Manhattan borough of New...

Merkel sees no need to rush Britain into quick EU divorce 26 Jun 2016 - 12:17 am

German chancellor Angela Merkel attends a press conference in Potsdam, eastern Germany, on June 25, 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Britain's...

Iceland elects president in vote eclipsed by football fever 26 Jun 2016 - 12:13 am

Presidential candidate Gudni Johannesson casts his ballot at a polling station in Reykjavik, on June 25, 2016. Iceland began voting in a presidential...

West Virginia’s worst flooding in a century has killed 23 26 Jun 2016 - 12:09 am

Emergency crews take out boats on a flooded I-79 at the Clendenin Exit, after the state was pummeled by up to 10 inches...

Deadly California wildfire has destroyed 150 homes, more threatened 26 Jun 2016 - 12:06 am

This handout photo released by the Kern County Fire Department shows people fighting the Erskine Fire as a house burns in the background,...

Pope urges Armenia and Turkey to reconcile, shun “the illusory power of vengeance” 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Pope Francis and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II water a tree planted in a Noah's Ark sculpture during an ecumenical meeting and...

Day after UK's pro-Brexit vote, more than 2 million and rising sign UK petition for new EU referendum 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A travel agent on the Royal Mile offers a currency exchange service in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 25, 2016, following the pro-Brexit result...

South Sudan forces, armed groups clash, displacing civilians: UN 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar meet after he was sworn-in as the First Vice President at the Presidential House in...

EU names Belgian to coordinate Brexit negotiations 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A picture taken on October 28, 2009 shows Federal Climate Minister Paul Magnette (C) speaking, flanked by Deputy Permanent Representative of Belgium to...

Boston mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s possessions fetch $100,000 at auction 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

James “Whitey” Bulger, 86, ruled Boston’s criminal underworld for a quarter-century before going on the lam after a corrupt FBI agent alerted him...

Somalia's Shabaab group attack in Mogadishu hotel kills many 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Somali government soldiers run to take their positions during gunfire after a suicide bomb attack outside Nasahablood hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, June...