World

Bulgarian town bans Islamic face veil in public 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Sofia: A Bulgarian town that is home to a Roma minority practising an ultraconservative form of Islam on Wednesday banned Islamic face veils...

Iraqi army makes modest advance south of Mosul 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

MAKHMOUR, Iraq: Iraqis armed forces backed by U.S.-led coalition air power captured a village in Nineveh province from Islamic State on Wednesday, the...

Olympics: Brazil takes Rio flame on 100-day countdown 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Carlos Nuzman, President of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee, holds the Olympic Torch during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame in the...

Former US House Speaker Hastert gets 15 months in prison 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Former US House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves federal court in Chicago Illinois June 9, 2015. REUTERS / Jim Young By Fiona...

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam extradited to France, under formal investigation 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Suspected militant to be held in high-security jail November attacks by Islamic State killed 130 people Lawyer says Abdeslam “wants to talk” By...

US proposes restoring UN Western Sahara’s mission’s functionality 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A USA Flag hoisted in Miami. Photo courtesy: commons.wikimedia.org By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS: The United States has proposed that the U.N. Security...

Cruz expected to announce Carly Fiorina as his running mate 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

INDIANAPOLIS: Ted Cruz, in an apparent act of desperation, plans to announce Wednesday that Carly Fiorina will be his vice presidential running mate...

Burundi death toll jumps to 31 in April: UN rights chief 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

“Some 31 people have been killed in attacks so far in April, compared to a total of nine people in the last month,”...

Hundreds protest in Sudan capital after student shot dead 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Sudanese gather to attend a speech by Sudanese President during his visit to El Daein in Eastern Darfur on April 5,...

Austria plans fence to stop migrants at major border crossing with Italy 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Austrians marching to the border to demand a fence. AFP PHOTO / JURE MAKOVEC By Kirsti Knolle and Francois Murphy...

Kurds, Shi’ites agree to withdraw forces from north Iraq town after clashes 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

An armed Kurdish man holds his rifle on a Kurdish Peshmerga position in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic ERBIL, Iraq:...

US top court poised to overturn Virginia ex-governor’s bribery conviction 28 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

The US Supreme Court is pictured in Washington June 8, 2015. Reuters / Gary Cameron By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court...

French magnate finally finds Paris home for artworks 27 Apr 2016 - 06:51 pm

French businessman Francois Pinault smiles during a joint press conference with the Paris mayor to announce an art museum project within the Bourse...

Obama to visit water crisis-hit Flint 27 Apr 2016 - 06:45 pm

Washington: President Barack Obama will next week travel to Flint, Michigan, where a crisis over tainted water has become a focus of the...

Explosion rocks Turkish city of Bursa 27 Apr 2016 - 06:25 pm

Istanbul: Turkish media reports say an explosion has rocked a major city in northwestern Turkey. The private Dogan News agency says the explosion...

Carter says he troubled by House plan to cut wartime money 27 Apr 2016 - 06:18 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter waits to testify before a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department's FY2017 budget in Washington,...

Trump's big speech tests his foreign policy and style 27 Apr 2016 - 06:12 pm

US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower in New York on April 26,2016 after winning primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut,...

Defiant Zuma says no 'shortcut' to new S.Africa president 27 Apr 2016 - 05:58 pm

Protesters call for the removal of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma as the country commemorates the anniversary the country's first democratic elections in...