World

Brazil top judges back graft probe despite concern over Lula’s detention 07 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Marco Aurélio Mello. Courtesy Jornalggn.com.br By Reese Ewing SAO PAULO: Senior judges in Brazil voiced concern on Saturday over the detention of former...

Sri Lanka brings back war-time measures to fight gangs 07 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Sri Lankan policemen stand next to their new motorcycles at a ceremony in Colombo. AFP file photo July 2014 by Ishara S Kodikara ...

Defying ICC arrest warrant, Sudan’s Bashir arrives in Indonesia 07 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on March 14, 2014 shows Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (R) and Veteran Sudan opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi attending a...

Boat sinks off Turkish coast, at least 18 refugees drown 06 Mar 2016 - 06:40 pm

Representative image. Reuters. ISTANBUL: At least 18 people attempting to reach Greece drowned after their boat sank off the Turkish coast on Sunday,...

Egypt accuses Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas of assassinating prosecutor 06 Mar 2016 - 05:57 pm

Egyptian state prosecutor Hisham Barakat, who was killed when a powerful car bomb hit his convoy in Cairo. AFP By Amina Ismail and...

Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani died 06 Mar 2016 - 05:10 pm

Kalabhavan Mani Kalabhavan Mani, the versatile Malayalam film actor, folksinger, who forayed into Industries across south India as a comedian, hero and villain...

Turkish opposition newspaper turns pro-government after state takeover 06 Mar 2016 - 04:58 pm

Police officers carry security barriers in front of the Zaman newspaper headquarters in Istanbul Turkey March 6 2016. REUTERS, Osman Orsal ISTANBUL: A...

Egypt, France in joint Mediterranean military exercise 06 Mar 2016 - 04:41 pm

In 2015 Cairo signed a multi-billion euro deal to purchase from France 24 Rafale fighters of which six have been already delivered. AFP,...

Czech president floats idea of Greece paying debts by hosting migrant centres 06 Mar 2016 - 04:25 pm

Czech President Milos Zeman, speaking in a broadcast interview with Czech television channel Prima, said the idea came from one of his advisers...

Islamic State truck bomb kills at least 60 people south of Baghdad 06 Mar 2016 - 04:09 pm

BAGHDAD: Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing...

Greece says Europe in nervous crisis over migrants, needs to share burden 06 Mar 2016 - 04:02 pm

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has accused Austria and Balkan countries of “ruining Europe” by slowing the flow of migrants and refugees heading...

Despite violence, Haryana goes ahead with investors' summit 06 Mar 2016 - 03:57 pm

Burnt-out buses and fire damage to buildings are pictured at a school in the northern Indian city of Rohtak on February 21, 2016...

Egypt arrests six in connection with killing of public prosecutor 06 Mar 2016 - 03:42 pm

Policemen investigate the site of a car bomb attack on the convoy of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat near his house at Heliopolis...

Netanyahu plays down rift with US ahead of Biden visit 06 Mar 2016 - 02:54 pm

REUTERS/ File photo Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) spoke Sunday of "strong" ties with the United States ahead of a visit...

Suicide car bomb kills 29 south of Baghdad: police 06 Mar 2016 - 02:24 pm

? ? Iraqi government forces man a checkpoint south of Baghdad in May 2015. AFP /Haidar Hamdani Hilla: A car bomb exploded at...

Iran billionaire tycoon Zanjani sentenced to death for corruption 06 Mar 2016 - 01:52 pm

Tehran: Iran's billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, a judicial official said Sunday, after a trial in which...

Bangladesh arrests three suspected militants 06 Mar 2016 - 01:23 pm

File photo/ AFP DHAKA: Bangladesh’s elite anti-terrorism unit detained on Sunday three suspected members of a militant group believed to be behind a...