World

Rio De Janeiro: Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured) will face a fifth corruption trial, a judge ruled yesterday, as...

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (pictured) was hospitalised late after experiencing sharp pains in his abdomen, the second time this month he has...

Hamburg: About 30,000 turkeys and ducks were culled in Germany over the weekend after bird flu was found on two farms, authorities said...

Washington: Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 on Sunday, winning the top prize in the 66th edition of the...

Bolivar/Tachira: Soldiers patrolled streets, neighbourhood groups mounted barricades and businessmen raked through damaged shops yesterday in parts of Venezuela worst hit by violence...

Havana: Authorities across Cuba have cracked down on dissidents, arresting dozens, keeping others from marching in Havana, and detaining an American human rights...

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake followed by more than 20 aftershocks rattled Ecuador's Pacific coast before dawn yesterday, causing one death and heavy damage to...

Singapore: Singapore has deported the majority of the 70-odd foreigners it has invesigated for suspected radicalism in the past two years, although none...

Kano: At least six people were killed in an eruption of communal violence at the weekend between herders and farmers in central Nigeria,...

Seoul: Top-ranking North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-Ho, whose recent defection gifted a major propaganda coup to the South, vowed yesterday to devote himself...

Seoul: South Korea and Japan have ordered fresh culls of poultry stocks to contain outbreaks of avian flu, authorities in two countries said....

Bangkok: Hackers saying they are protesting the passage of a bill restricting internet freedom have been attacking Thai government computer servers, temporarily disabling...

Oslo: Norway and China announced yesterday the resumption of diplomatic relations, six years after Beijing froze ties with Oslo over the awarding of...

Bamako: Mali's foreign minister yesterday denied an agreement had been reached with the European Union to take back migrants failing to get asylum....

Gaza: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has tightened his grip on power by stripping the parliamentary immunity of five lawmakers seen as opposing him,...

Israeli tanks fired shells at a Hamas post in the Gaza Strip yesterday after troops were shot at on the border with the...

Beirut: Thousands were evacuated from the last rebel-held enclave of the  Aleppo  yesterday  after a deal was reached to allow people to leave...

ANKARA: The gunman who shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey in an attack at an art gallery on Monday was an off-duty police...