Ex-Georgian president Saakashvili on hunger strike after Ukraine arrestFormer Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has gone on hunger strike to protest his arrest in Ukraine on charges of trying to stage a coup sponsored by Russia, his lawyer and supporters said Saturd...
Honduras opposition parties ask for disputed election to be annulledTEGUCIGALPA: Honduras' two main opposition parties on Friday presented formal requests to annul the results of the still-unresolved presidential election, deepening a political crisis that has roiled...
As coalition talks loom, German conservatives reject SPD’s Europe ideaBERLIN: Senior members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Saturday rejected the vision for a United States of Europe put forward by the Social Democrats (SPD), with whom they are ho...
North Korea blames US for tensions in rare UN talksNorth Korea blamed US “nuclear blackmail” for soaring tensions over its weapons programme following rare meetings with a senior UN official, but agreed to regular communication with the organisation,...
India’s PM Modi faces test as his home state votesGUJARAT: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat began voting on Saturday, in a key electoral test of his popularity after a series of controversial economic reforms. Voters, with...
Detainees on agenda as top British diplomat arrives in IranTEHRAN: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrived in Tehran on Saturday, where he is expected to discuss the fate of detained dual nationals, including a woman serving a five-year prison sentenc...
Centrists struggle in polarized Brazil ahead of pollsWith leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and firebrand right-wing former army officer Jair Bolsonaro leading the polls, there’s a gaping hole in Brazil’s center ahead of presidential el...
Trump says US ‘cannot afford’ Roy Moore loss in AlabamaPENSACOLA: President Donald Trump on Friday urged voters to elect a Republican Senate candidate in Alabama who has been dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct, warning that America “cannot afford”...
Czech PM designate: EU should not push us over migrantsPRAGUE: The designated Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said that the European Union should not push Czechs over their refusal to shelter asylum-seekers, because it could strengthen extremist parties...
Madina, the young Afghan girl who will never see LondonMadina will never know London, the city her Afghan family hoped to reach. The six-year-old’s body lies in a Serbian grave after she was struck by a train at the Balkan country’s border. The Husseinis...
Nepal leftist alliance appears heading for election victoryKATHMANDU: A leftist alliance between Nepal’s former Maoist rebels and moderate communists appeared to be heading for a victory in elections aimed at completing a transition to democracy after the abo...
Sri Lanka hands over Hambantota port to ChinaCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Saturday formally handed over the strategic southern port of Hambantota to China on a 99-year lease, in a deal dubbed by the opposition and trade unions as “a sell-out.” The gove...
Boycotts, protests to greet Trump on Mississippi visitWEST PALM BEACH: President Donald Trump plans to celebrate heroes of the civil rights movement during a visit to Mississippi, but at least one leader of that era plans to be a no-show. Other activists...
Winds whip California fires as they spread southThousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires in California on Saturday that have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee the Los Angeles area, as well as outbreaks closer to San Diego. Ne...
Ex-Georgian president Saakashvili on hunger strike after Ukraine arrestKIEV: Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has gone on hunger strike to protest his arrest in Ukraine on charges of trying to stage a coup sponsored by Russia, his lawyer and supporters said...
Privatefuneral held for Bosnian-Croat war criminal PraljakBosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak, who swallowed poison before UN judges in The Hague last week, had a private funeral in Zagreb, a Croatian newspaper reported Saturday. Moments after the UN...