Reykjavik: Iceland is ending an eventful year in a political quagmire, left without a government for two months after the Panama Papers scandal...
Reykjavik: Iceland is ending an eventful year in a political quagmire, left without a government for two months after the Panama Papers scandal...
Sydney: Australia rang in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display in Sydney, sending rainbow-coloured showers into the night sky and defying...
Pakistani province Punjab’s Governor Rafique Rajwana has endorsed Punjab Civil Administration Ordinance 2016 after the Chief Minister’s nod. According to the ordinance, the...
China will ban all domestic ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017, a move described by activists as a potential "game...
MUMBAI: A women’s rights organisation is asking movie-mad Indians to rewrite sexist Bollywood songs, the latest attempt in drawing attention to gender stereotyping...
BANGKOK: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn called for unity in his first New Year address since taking over from his late father, who was...
Seoul: More than half a million South Koreans marked New Year's Eve with a massive protest Saturday calling for the immediate arrest and...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the year 2016 was "difficult" but congratulated his country on its accomplishments and on believing...
A heavy cold and a nation shivers. The cold is that attributed, this week, to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (her formal titles would...
Oil prices settled slightly lower on Friday, the year’s last trading day, but attained their biggest annual gain since 2009, after OPEC and...
Beirut: Its slogan was "the voice of the voiceless", but after four decades the prestigious Lebanese daily As-Safir published its final issue Saturday...
The son of Equatorial Guinea's leader, a notorious playboy with extravagant taste in cars, homes and Michael Jackson memorabilia, will go on trial...
CAIRO: An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday upheld an agreement to give control of two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia,...
LONDON: After a year of record humanitarian needs, 2017 looks set to be even more challenging for aid agencies as they brace for...
BEIRUT: Syrian rebel groups said on Saturday they would consider a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey “null and void” if the...
ANKARA: A total of eight Islamic State members have been detained by the anti-terror branch of the Ankara Police on Saturday. The IS...
Ankara: A total of 23 ISIS Militants, including planners for the group, were killed in the Syria's north during the ongoing Turkish-led Operation...
CAIRO: Egypt began on Saturday handing over to their families the bodies of those who died when EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed into the...
