Cubs of the Caliphate: rehabilitating Islamic State’s child fightersRAWANGA CAMP: While children who have been through war typically draw devastating pictures of the violence they have suffered, few show themselves as the perpetrators. The suicide belts, car bombs and...
Modi appoints committee of scholars to prove Hindus are descended from India’s first inhabitantsDuring the first week of January last year, a group of Indian scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in central New Delhi. The focus of their discussion: how to rewrite the history...
UN Women chief: Sex abuse cases tip of icebergUNITED NATIONS: The head of the UN agency promoting equality for women says the global spotlight on sexual harassment and abuse and the punishment of some powerful men who had been "untouchable" is an...
US wary of North Korea weapons advances while talks take placeWASHINGTON: North Korea could buy time to build up and refine its nuclear arsenal, including a warhead able to survive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, if it manages to drag out any talks with Wa...
No need or intention to replace US: ChinaBEIJING: China is on a long march to modernisation and it has no need or intention to replace the United States' international role, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday. "Some Americans all...
Morocco women struggle against marital violence, stereotypesRABAT: For 23 years, Khadija says her husband raped her, nearly every day. And her case is far from unique, according to counselors at the Annajda Center in Rabat, one of over 1,000 associations in Mo...
Sri Lanka eases ‘anti-riot’ curfew in KandyKANDY: A daytime curfew was relaxed Thursday in the troubled Sri Lankan district of Kandy where three people were killed in anti-Muslim riots, but schools remained closed as beefed-up security forces...
Mexican leftist leads by 13.6 point in presidency race – opinion pollMEXICO CITY: Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador leads by 13.6 percentage points in the run-up to Mexico's July 1 presidential election and has an even bigger advantage over the ruling party candidate...
India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New DelhiNEW DELHI: India has banned Tibetans from holding a rally with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi this month to mark the 60th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, officials said on Wednesda...
US Holocaust museum rescinds award to Suu KyiWASHINGTON: The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohing...
Philippines’ top judge vows fight as Duterte, allies seek ousterThe Philippine Supreme Court chief justice vowed to fight "bullying" and save judicial independence as President Rodrigo Duterte's congressional allies launched an impeachment process Thursday to remo...