TOKYO: A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami...
TOKYO: A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami...
Mandalay, Myanmar: More than a century after the British expelled Myanmar's last king, descendants held an emotional ceremony in Mandalay's Golden Palace on...
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday urged the European Union and West to step up backing of Ankara’s fight against Kurdish militants,...
Aleppo, Syria: Syrian government forces advanced quickly inside rebel-held east Aleppo on Monday, as the UN raised the alarm for nearly one million...
Baghdad: The Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq Al Awsat said yesterday it fired its Baghdad correspondent, a day after printing controversial accusations wrongly attributed to...
Cairo: Egypt’s public prosecutor has brought before the military judiciary 292 suspected Islamic State militants, some of whom are accused of plotting to...
Edirne: Turkish authorities yesterday blocked a delegation of national and European Parliament lawmaker's from visiting the leader of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party who...
Dakar/Nairobi: Above the sacks of seeds and coal, three kerosene lamps gather dust in the tiny shed that Kenyan chicken farmer Bernard calls...
Lima: US President Barack Obama said he doesn’t intend to become his successor’s constant critic — but reserved the right to speak out...
Boston: A NEW documentary about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings chronicles the long road to recovery for many of the survivors still struggling...
San Francisco: Christmas came early for US gun shop owners - who saw a rush of firearms purchases ahead of the presidential election...
Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he hopes for an improvement in relations with nemesis the United States after Donald Trump’s White House...
Lima : US President Barack Obama bid farewell to the world stage, pondering his legacy, offering advice to his successor and discussing his...
Madrid: Spain said on Monday it would make a formal complaint to the British government after the Royal Navy fired flares at a...
Paris: The surprise winner of the first round of France's rightwing presidential primary immediately came under attack Monday, with Francois Fillon's rivals slamming...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces on Monday captured two more villages near Iraq’s northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State terrorist group, according to...
Warsaw: A Polish court on Monday sentenced a man to 10 months in prison for inciting ethnic hatred after he publicly set fire...
