NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday approved new sanctions against North Korea in response to its dogged nuclear activities. Secretary-General...
NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday approved new sanctions against North Korea in response to its dogged nuclear activities. Secretary-General...
WASHINGTON: The Iraqi government’s effort to integrate a Shia militia group in the country’s security forces is concerning as it might increase Iran’s...
NEW YORK: At least seven people people have died and dozens injured in wildfires in the state of Tennessee, according to authorities Wednesday....
BEIJING: A regional Communist Party chief has pleaded guilty to taking bribes of more than 40 million yuan ($5.8 million), using much of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: Authorities have raised the terror alert level in major cities nationwide as two suspected Islamic State-linked militants were paraded...
BEIJING: More than 700 million Chinese people have been lifted out of poverty in the last 30 years, with literacy rates and life...
ISLAMABAD: U.S. president-elect Donald Trump offered to help solve Pakistan's problems and praised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a "terrific guy" in the...
Banjul, Gambia: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faces the biggest threat to his 22-year rule Thursday as the country heads to the polls following...
KUALA LUMPUR: Scandal-tainted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak vowed to fight to the end for Malays and Islam on Thursday, as he called...
Sydney: High-risk terror offenders in Australia may now be kept in jail even after serving their sentences, under legislation passed Thursday that strengthens...
Seoul: South Korea's ruling party on Thursday urged scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye to step down in April next year, giving her a week...
ANKARA: Turkey has raised the minimum fixed tax rate on alcoholic drinks and raised the fixed tax rates on tobacco products as of...
LIMA: A mall fire that killed four people just before a global trade summit in Peru may have been set intentionally, authorities said...
PULWAMA, India: Farmers say a multi-million dollar plan, launched in 2010 to revive saffron cultivation in Indian-administered Kashmir by helping counter erratic rainfall,...
LONDON: Global goals to end poverty and aid to the developing world are at risk of severe setback under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump,...
LONDON: Solar power is becoming so cheap so fast that in Abu Dhabi it’s now less costly to produce a unit of energy...
KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE, Cambodia: Like spots on a leopard’s hide, small wooden houses and tiny fenced plots dot the sprawling Grandis Timber teak...
KURIGRAM, Bangladesh: Bangladeshi teacher Monjurul Islam was talking to his class of 10-year-olds about how the planet is heating up, when Mosammat Ferdousi...
