World

Attorney's plea caused by Trump's dream of a Moscow tower 30 Nov 2018 - 10:29 am

Washington: Donald Trump for decades dreamed of building a Trump Tower in the heart of Moscow, a plan that flared and fizzled several...

Poor man of Europe lures home wannabe millionaires 30 Nov 2018 - 10:13 am

ROME: In a bid to kickstart hope and growth, the poorest country in Europe has found a way to lure home migrant workers...

Israel bombs targets in south Syria, near Damascus: monitor 30 Nov 2018 - 09:57 am

Damascus, Israeli jets bombed several areas in southern Syria and near Damascus on Thursday drawing retaliatory fire from the ground, a monitoring group...

US, Canada, Mexico continue brinkmanship on trade deal until signing 30 Nov 2018 - 09:19 am

BUENOS AIRES, The leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States were due to sign a North American trade pact on Friday, although...

G20 opens under assault from Trump on collective action 30 Nov 2018 - 08:40 am

Buenos Aires, G20 powers open two days of summit talks in crisis-hit Argentina on Friday after a stormy buildup dominated by US President...

'Srebrenica defender' awaits his war crimes verdict 30 Nov 2018 - 08:30 am

Sarajevo, Former Bosnian military commander Naser Oric, hailed by supporters as the heroic "defender of Srebrenica", will on Friday hear the verdict in...

China rejects US academic report calling for retaliatory action 30 Nov 2018 - 08:27 am

BEIJING, Chinese media on Friday hit back at a US academic report which urged the United States to engage in "tit-for-tat" retaliation to...

Indonesian island clean-up nets 40 tons of rubbish daily 30 Nov 2018 - 08:20 am

Jakarta, Residents on a string of coral-fringed islands off Jakarta's coast are battling a tidal wave of trash, with more than 40 tons...

Five dead, 32 injured in Hong Kong coach crash 30 Nov 2018 - 08:17 am

Hong Kong, Five people were killed and 32 injured when a coach carrying Cathay Pacific staff to Hong Kong's airport collided with a...

N.Korea FM in Vietnam for lessons on economic reform 30 Nov 2018 - 08:06 am

Hanoi, North Korea's foreign minister kicked off an official visit to Vietnam Friday as the hermit nation seeks to learn lessons from the...

UK security firm G4S says five employees among 10 killed in Kabul attack 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am

Kabul: British security firm G4S said Thursday that five of its employees were among at least 10 people killed in a Taliban-claimed attack...

Indian Air Force will have largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts: Air Chief Marshal 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am

Guwahati: Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa has said that the Indian Air Force will have the largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts ever...

Smog-choked cities get no relief as Modi's gas goals stall 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am

India’s drive to clean up some of the world’s worst air by burning more natural gas appears to be faltering. Despite an overall...

UN says Astana meeting on Syria a missed opportunity, no progress 30 Nov 2018 - 03:06 am

GENEVA/ASTANA: Russia, Turkey and Iran failed to make any concrete progress in setting up a Syrian constitutional committee at a meeting in the...

First police conviction in Philippine drug war killing 30 Nov 2018 - 03:06 am

Manila: Three Philippine policemen were sentenced on Thursday to decades in prison for murdering a teenager during an anti-narcotics sweep, a first conviction...