KIRKUK, Iraq: Iraq’s oil-producing Kirkuk region will vote in a referendum on Kurdish independence on Sept. 25, its provisional council decided on Tuesday,...
KIRKUK, Iraq: Iraq’s oil-producing Kirkuk region will vote in a referendum on Kurdish independence on Sept. 25, its provisional council decided on Tuesday,...
Pont-de-Beauvoisin, France: Divers and police dogs backed by a helicopter took part in a massive hunt for a missing nine-year-old girl in the...
Kabul: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a bank in the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday, days ahead of the Eid holiday, killing...
Baabda, Lebanon: Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Tuesday signed the country's first animal welfare bill into law, guaranteeing that domestic and wild animals...
Jurud Ras Baalbek, Lebanon: The dust-covered soldiers, armoured vehicles and tents may not look very official, but they mark the first time Lebanese...
Washington: US President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that "all options" remained under consideration after North Korea launched a missile over Japan. "Threatening and...
BEIRUT: Buses carrying hundreds of Islamic State militants and their families from the border area between Lebanon and Syria have arrived in eastern...
ANKARA: Iran has dismissed a U.S. demand for U.N. nuclear inspectors to visit its military bases as "merely a dream" as Washington reviews...
Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday said Germany could "not stay silent" on EU fears about the rule of law in neighbouring Poland,...
MUMBAI: A spell of incessant rain on Tuesday flooded several low-lying areas and paralysed train services in India's financial capital of Mumbai, officials...
Tokyo: Millions of Japanese awoke to ominous text messages Tuesday warning them to take cover as a North Korean missile flew overhead, with...
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court Tuesday jailed the owner of the Rana Plaza for three years for graft, the first of many charges laid...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong stocks finished in the red on Tuesday following five straight gains, with traders spooked as North Korea's latest missile...
NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged Myanmar to grant access to humanitarian agencies following reports of mass civilian casualties after...
Kabul: An explosion occurred near the heavily-fortified US embassy in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday, an official said. "An explosion...
Sydney: A war of words over colonial-era statues in Australia took a further twist Tuesday with calls for the addition of plaques acknowledging...
Houston: Rescue teams in boats, trucks and helicopters scrambled Monday to reach hundreds of Texans marooned on flooded streets in and around the...
Seoul: Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday in a major escalation by Pyongyang...
