World

Cairo: Egypt has seized 9,000 tonnes of sugar in recent raids on factories and warehouses, the prime minister said on Monday, describing the move as...

London: Although torn by war, Iraq is the world's most generous country towards strangers in need, according to a new global index of charitable...

Mogadishu: Somalia's Al Shabaab militant group rammed a military base with a suicide truck bomb, shot dead an intelligence officer and killed 12 people...

Paris: Former prime minister Alain Juppe has widened his lead over rival Nicolas Sarkozy to win the center-right's nomination for France's 2017...

Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye made a rare public apology on Tuesday for showing a friend drafts of speeches, as she sought to refocus...

Bangkok: Ousted Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra can appeal a 35 billion baht ($1 billion) fine imposed on her in connection with a rice-subsidy...

Hong Kong: The president of the Hong Kong legislature on Tuesday delayed the swearing-in of two pro-independence lawmakers and temporarily banned them from...

Yangon: UN human rights experts have called on Myanmar to investigate allegations that security forces have killed unarmed civilians, burned villages and...

Sydney: International Business Machines Corp said on Tuesday it plans to compensate the Australian government for a "malicious" cyber-attack that...

Istanbul: An explosion outside a chamber of commerce building in Turkey's southern resort city of Antalya wounded several people on Tuesday but the...