Down but not out: Lord’s Resistance Army haunts C AfricaEvery morning, Joseph gets on his motorbike to tend to his field of manioc, in the thick bush surrounding the Obo, in southeastern Central African Republic. This day, though, is not ordinary. Joseph i...
Showman Trump abandons cautious Obama approach to North KoreaWASHINGTON: When President Barack Obama counseled his successor Donald Trump on the global threats he should expect to face once he assumed office last year, a nuclear North Korea and its unpredictabl...
Florida governor signs gun-safety bill into law after school shootingFlorida Governor Rick Scott, a staunch ally of the National Rifle Association (NRA), signed into law on Friday a bill imposing a 21-year-old legal age requirement and three-day waiting period on all g...
Myanmar monk returns to preaching after ban, denies fuelling Rakhine violenceYANGON: Myanmar Buddhist monk Wirathu said on Saturday his anti-Muslim rhetoric had nothing to do with violence in the western state of Rakhine, as he emerged from a one-year preaching ban. Wirathu is...
North Korean state media quiet on Kim Jong Un’s overtures to TrumpSEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sudden overtures to Washington are making headlines around the world. Almost everywhere, it seems, except North Korea. North Korean media noted a visit by a se...
UN in talks with S Sudan to keep radio station openThe United Nations on Friday was in talks with South Sudan's government after it ordered a UN radio broadcaster be shut down. The decision to close Radio Miraya would be another blow for press freedom...
Food arrives in Syria’s battered Eastern GhoutaThe Syrian army continued its offensive against rebel-held Eastern Ghouta Saturday, a day after an aid convoy delivered food to the hunger-stricken residents of the enclave despite heavy bombardment....
Putin says will not change constitution to cling to powerRussian President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to be reelected for a fourth term in an upcoming ballot, said Saturday he had no plans to change the constitution to stay in the Kremlin beyond 2024....
US seeks ‘concrete actions’ from North Korea before planned talksWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unless Pyongyang takes “concrete actions,” the White House said on Friday as it faced criticism for agreeing to...
Search is on for the best summit siteWASHINGTON: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev chose Reykjavik, Iceland. Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin huddled at Yalta. Dwight Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev...
Sri Lanka to probe anti-Muslim riots, lift curfewAn investigation into anti-Muslim riots that spread in central Sri Lanka prompting the authorities to declare a nationwide state of emergency was announced Saturday by President Maithripala Sirisena....
British geneticist Sulston dies age 75:Nobel prize-winning British scientist John Sulston, a leading figure in the race to decipher the human genome, has died at the age of 75, the institute he founded said Friday. In 2002, he was jointly...
French far-right seeks second wind at watershed conferenceFrance's far-right leader Marine Le Pen will attempt to revive her battered party this weekend at a conference with a proposal to ditch the tainted National Front (FN) brand, seen as a key hurdle to w...
As economic problems pile up, Iran cautiously weighs changesTEHRAN: Labor strikes. Nationwide protests. Bank failures. In recent months, Iran has been beset by economic problems despite the promises surrounding the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with world powers...
Venezuela’s Maduro calls UN rights chief a US-backed ‘tumour’CARACAS: Venezuelan socialist President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday the United Nations human rights chief was a puppet of the United States who had implanted himself like a “tumor” and had no right...
Thousands march in India, demanding loan waiver, compensationNEW DELHI: About 30,000 farmers in India's western state of Maharashtra are currently on a protest march to demand loan waiver, implementation of government commissions report on farmers and compensat...
Philippines slams UN rights chief for ‘disrespectful’ remarks about DuterteMANILA: The Philippine foreign minister hit back on Saturday at the United Nations’ human rights chief for issuing “irresponsible and disrespectful” comments about President Rodrigo Duterte, warning t...
Macron-Modi love on show as France courts IndiaFrench President Emmanuel Macron Saturday said he wanted his country to be India's best partner in Europe as he started a three-day trip to the country aimed at ratcheting up security and energy ties....
Migrant weary northerners put faith in Italy’s LeagueIn the picturesque northern city of Varese, nestled in Italy's rich Lombardy region, voters turned en masse to the anti-immigration League party in the general election, convinced that only nationalis...
14 militants killed in Afghan forces’ operations in southern province: govtLASHKAR GAH: Fourteen militants have been killed and 12 others injured after Afghan army struck their positions in Helmand province, south of Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said Saturday. "Afghan N...