Nairobi: Uganda's High Court on Friday ordered the closure of a chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft and Facebook founders Bill...
Nairobi: Uganda's High Court on Friday ordered the closure of a chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft and Facebook founders Bill...
Aleppo, Syria: A Russian-declared ceasefire for opposition-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo took effect on Friday, but there was little sign that...
GENEVA: At least 240 migrants have drowned off the coast of Libya within the last 48 hours, possibly as an unintended consequence of...
Belfast: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said during a visit to Belfast on Thursday he was trying to follow Northern Ireland's path to...
Vatican City: One thousand prisoners -- including some lifers -- will take part in a special event at the Vatican this weekend, along...
Miami: President Barack Obama cut loose with a barn-burner campaign appearance Thursday, energizing tepid Florida Democrats to get out, vote and give Hillary...
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Germany of being one of the world's worst countries for harbouring "terrorists", saying Berlin...
WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he remained confident about the future of the U.S.-Philippines relationship in spite of...
Washington: US-Russian relations were one of the key distinctions between the programmes of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, due to the...
ROME: Italy has committed human rights abuses that may amount to torture as it tries to process tens of thousands of boat migrants,...
New York: On message, disciplined and rising in the polls, Donald Trump has been playing it straight in the home stretch of the...
Paris: French warplanes have tripled their rate of air strikes to support Iraqi forces since the start of the offensive to retake Mosul...
Moscow: Jailed opposition Russian activist Ildar Dadin suffered a suspected seizure, his wife told AFP on Thursday, after his claims of being tortured...
Frankfurt: German auto giant Volkswagen said Thursday it had appointed a historian to look into the firm's actions during Brazil's military dictatorship, following...
NEW YORK/NEW DELHI: The leadership of a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty on tobacco control has proposed barring delegates with ties to state-owned...
BEIRUT: Syrian insurgents stepped up a week-long offensive on government-held areas in the city of Aleppo on Thursday, detonating three car bombs and...
Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday faced increasing calls to resign after a damaging probe unearthed further evidence of alleged corruption...
Brussels: US Internet giant Google on Thursday rejected new EU accusations that it illegally abuses its market dominance, in its formal reaction to...
