World

Rio de Janeiro: Carnival festivities took over Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, as revelers danced at block parties, despite an extended crime wave in the city...

Seoul/Pyeongchang: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks in Pyongyang, South Korean officials said on...

Jerusalem/Beirut: Israel launched heavy air strikes in Syria on Saturday, saying it hit air defences and Iranian targets, and the Syrian army claimed to...

Manila: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the Philippines that it has begun a preliminary examination of a complaint accusing President...

Dhaka: Bangladesh police used tear gas on Thursday to disperse thousands of opposition activists who took to the streets of the capital ahead of the verdict...

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel faced criticism from within the ranks of her own conservatives on Thursday for making concessions to her centre-left Social...

Kuala Lumpur: Governments overseeing Asia's rapidly-expanding cities must give young people greater opportunities in order to avoid unrest like the Arab...

Male/Colombo: The exiled former president of the Maldives accused authorities on Wednesday of mistreating a supreme court judge thrown into prison following...

Nairobi: Kenyan authorities deported a lawyer charged with treason for attending the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga,...

Beirut/Jerusalem: Lebanon vowed on Wednesday to prevent any territorial intrusion by a border wall which Israel is building, and Israel said it wanted...