Abuja--Muhammadu Buhari is to attend this weekend's G7 summit in Germany in his first major international meeting as Nigerian president, his spokesman told...
Abuja--Muhammadu Buhari is to attend this weekend's G7 summit in Germany in his first major international meeting as Nigerian president, his spokesman told...
Paris--Iraq's allies in the fight against the Islamic State group on Tuesday pledged their support for an emergency plan adopted by Baghdad after...
Yangon--Myanmar on Tuesday jailed a writer for two years with hard labour for "insulting religion", his lawyer said, with rights groups condemning the...
Kathmandu--Nepalese troops recovered four bodies after a helicopter that had been delivering relief supplies crashed Tuesday in a region devastated by twin earthquakes,...
Seoul--South Korea on Tuesday reported its first deaths from an outbreak of the MERS virus that has infected 25 people, caused widespread alarm...
Paris--The US-led coalition of powers battling the Islamic State group on Tuesday urged a rapid UN-backed political solution to the crisis in Syria,...
Arusha, Tanzania--Elephant census figures released by Tanzania show a "catastrophic decline" of around 60 percent over the last five years, leading wildlife trade...
Baghdad--The Islamic State group claimed a suicide attack on an Iraqi police base north of Baghdad that officials said Tuesday had killed at...
Budapest--Mass migration threatens European civilisation, Hungary's controversial Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Tuesday. "Today mass migration is taking place around the globe that...
There is a slim chance for the Senate to pass the controversial proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) with four more plenary sessions remaining...
TOKYO—President will meet Japan’s royalty on Wednesday, get a 21-gun salute and be feted with an Imperial banquet in the evening as formal...
Senators Grace Poe Llamansares and Francis “Chiz” Escudero yesterday came to Bacolod City to consult local leaders relative to the implementation of the...
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay on Monday said he expects Senate President Franklin Drilon to railroad the approval of the Senate Blue Ribbon...
Embattled Senator Ma. Lourdes “Nancy” Binay yesterday prayed for the grace to forgive hours after 10 senators signed the draft committee report recommending...
Stockholm--Sweden has backed India’s bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council, saying the country is a “natural claimant” for...
Beijing--Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed shock over the sinking of a Chinese cruise ship carrying 458 passengers, mostly elders, in the...
A file phot of Palestinian fishermen. The Israeli navy routinely shot at Palestinian fishing boats under the pretext that they went beyond fishing...
Chandigarh--Panjab University (PU) was ranked between 225-250 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings in 2013-14, the highest rank for any Indian...
