Syrian refugees receive aid from volunteers and activists of the Greek NGO Praksis before crossing Greece’s border with Macedonia near the village of...
Syrian refugees receive aid from volunteers and activists of the Greek NGO Praksis before crossing Greece’s border with Macedonia near the village of...
Shaima from Syria reacts as a doctor checks blood pressure during a medical examination after her arrival at a refugee registration centre in...
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (left) greets Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Ahmad Al Sabah in Rome yesterday. ROME: Kuwait...
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday praised the countries which sided with “justice” by voting for the Palestinians to be allowed to raise...
Kirkuk, Iraq: Bombs killed 13 members of the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces during an operation against the Islamic State group in the northern...
Riyadh: A massive construction crane crashed into Makkah’s Grand Mosque in stormy weather yesterday, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi...
Sana’a: Yemen’s government said yesterday that it will join UN-mediated peace talks next week, as rocket fire from Iran-backed rebels reportedly killed 20...
RIYADH: At least 65 people were killed when a crane crashed in Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence authority said,...
CAIRO: The Arab League hailed the success of the Palestinian and Arab diplomacy in issuing a decision from the U.N. General Assembly to...
US President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 11, 2015,...
Some of the 275 women and children rescued from Boko Haram, Yola, in northeast Nigeria, on May 25, 2015 (AFP) YOLA: At least...
German soldiers are on standby to help refugees (AFP) BERLIN: Germany has placed 4,000 troops on standby for this weekend alone to help...
Beirut: Organisers of mass protests in Lebanon over trash festering in the streets said yesterday the government’s long-awaited plan to deal with the...
Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel won a hero’s welcome as she visited a Berlin migrant centre yesterday, with Syrians cheering and taking selfies as...
Moscow: A defiant Russia yesterday said it was ready to increase military support to Syria’s Bashar Al Assad if needed, dismissing suggestions it...
By Venkatachari Jagannathan CHENNAI: The government's decision to allow 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route for white-label ATM companies...
By Chinmaya Dehury BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Odisha government talks about its commitment to the agriculture sector, it is witnessing a surprising trend...
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar PANAJI: With uncertainty looming large vis-a-vis Russian arrivals in the forthcoming tourism season due to an economic crisis in the...