World

Some Clinton emails newly ‘classified’ 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW YORK: Although a few dozen of Hillary Clinton’s publicly released work emails from her time as secretary of state are now stamped...

As Trump surges, party rivals struggle to parry 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: As Donald Trump steamrolled into Alabama for potentially the biggest US campaign rally of the year yesterday, Republican rivals are flummoxed over...

Democrats face pressure over Iran deal 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: As he weighed whether to support President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, Representative Donald Norcross was showered with the sort of...

UK health workers unsure how to spot trafficked patients 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

LONDON: Workers in Britain’s health service have little idea how to identify or help people who have been trafficked, though many think they...

IRA may still be active despite peace deal: Minister 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

BELFAST: The Irish Republican Army may still be active a decade after its public disbandment, a senior Northern Ireland official said yesterday, a...

EU rejects charges it is acting too slowly on migrants 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Brussels: The European Commission, the executive of the 28-nation EU, yesterday defended itself against charges it is failing to act quickly enough to...

Nature’s fury 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A view of the Cotopaxi volcano spewing ash. Nearly 325,000 people could be affected by an eruption of Cotopaxi, the volcano looming beyond...

Aerial stunt 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Russian aerobatic group Strizhi (Swifts) performs on MIG-29 jet fighters on rehearsal day for the MAKS-2015, the International Aviation and Space Show, in...

Hurricane Danny strengthens to Category 3, due to weaken 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Hurricane Danny is seen in a NOAA image from the GOES-East satellite taken at 10:15 ET (14:15 GMT) yesterday. Washington: Hurricane Danny strengthened...

Macedonia riot police clash with migrants 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants try to pass the cordon of Macedonian special police forces near southern city of Gevgelija, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, yesterday....

Train shooting suspect known to intel services 21 Aug 2015 - 11:10 pm

Picture shows investigators stand on a platform next to a Thalys train of French national railway operator SNCF at the main train station...

Israel pounds Syria targets in response to rocket fire 21 Aug 2015 - 08:20 pm

Picture shows UN soldiers watching the Israeli-Syrian border from Bental, Overlooking Mount in the Golan Heights, 21 August 2015 (EPA ) JERUSALEM: Israel...

Far left splits from Tsipras as Greece heads to elections 21 Aug 2015 - 03:19 pm

Panagiotis Lafazanis, former Energy Minister of the SYRIZA coalition government, addresses to journalists during a press conference in the Parliament building, in Athens,...

Former President Jimmy Carter to be treated for brain cancer 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is followed by his wife Rosalynn as he arrives for a news conference to discuss his recent cancer...

Qaeda hostages run to freedom 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Rescued Philippine Coast Guard worker Gringo Villaruz (left) and Alan Pagaling (second left, with beard) are escorted out of the hospital after they...

S Korea shells North over rocket attack 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

South Koreans President Park Geun-hye (centre) presides over a special National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, yesterday. Seoul:...

All 54 Indonesia plane crash bodies retrieved 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Indonesian rescuers recover the bodies of victims from the wreckage of the Trigana Air ATR 42-300 in Papua province, yesterday. Jayapura: The bodies...