Cuban vote begins end of Castro eraCuba on Sunday designates the 605 members of its National Assembly, an electoral process without surprise since there are as many candidates as seats. But one of them will succeed President Raul Castr...
Britain will respond if Russia is proved to be behind nerve attack: PM MayLONDON: Britain will respond appropriately if evidence shows Moscow was behind a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in England, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday. Fo...
Trump and Kim to hold historic meetingPresident Donald Trump has agreed to a historic first meeting with Kim Jong Un in a stunning development in America's high-stakes nuclear standoff with North Korea. Standing in front of the White Hous...
Attack on Chinese billionaire exposes growing racial divide in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR: A volley of insults hurled by ruling party officials in Malaysia at 94-year-old ethnic-Chinese tycoon, Robert Kuok, has exposed a racial and religious divide ahead of elections due by Au...
Step up fake news fight at election time: top EU officialThe EU's top official charged with fighting fake news says Europe needs to redouble its efforts to tackle the phenomenon in the run-up to elections, as fears grow about Russian meddling in votes acros...
Myanmar says it would like to see ‘clear evidence’ of genocideGENEVA: Myanmar wants to see clear evidence to support accusations that ethnic cleansing or genocide has been perpetrated against its Muslim minority in Rakhine state, National Security Adviser Thaung...
Ultra-nationalist Myanmar monk walks free from prisonAn ultra-nationalist Myanmar monk was released from prison on Friday after serving time for inciting unrest in an anti-Rohingya protest in 2016, a rare punishment handed to one of the country's hardli...
Suicide bomber strikes Kabul’s Shiite area, casualties reportedA suicide bomber on foot blew himself up in Kabul's Shiite area on Friday, killing at least 12 people, officials said, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital. "In the explosion seven were martyred...
Bahadur the brave: Afghanistan’s bomb disposal hero killedBahadur Agha, a bomb disposal technician wounded six times by the Taliban, joked the seventh would be his last. He was right: after dismantling hundreds of IEDs barehanded, this Afghan hero died defus...
Muslims pray under military protection in Sri Lanka after riotsSoldiers and police guarded mosques across Sri Lanka during Friday prayers amid fears of new anti-Muslim attacks after four days of riots that have left at least three dead. Most Muslim-owned business...
Spanish court refuses to free jailed Catalan govt candidateSpain's Supreme Court on Friday turned down a request from Catalan separatist leader Jordi Sanchez to be released from jail so he could be sworn in as the region's new president next week. Sanchez was...
India’s top court permits passive euthanasia in landmark judgmentNEW DELHI: Individuals have a right to die with dignity, India’s Supreme Court said on Friday in a landmark verdict that permits the removal of life-support systems for the terminally ill or those in...
India to give trafficking survivors vocational trainingCHENNAI: India will offer vocational training to almost half a million survivors of human trafficking under a programme launched this week by President Ram Nath Kovind. The three-month course will eva...