Disasters, conflict displace 2.7m people in Africa in 2017NAIROBI: Conflict, violence or disasters in Africa have displaced 2.7 million people who have not crossed an international border since January, a new report by a global charity released on Wednesday...
Britain must apologise for colonial-era massacre: London mayorAMRITSAR: London's first Asian-origin mayor Sadiq Khan said the British government should apologise for a colonial-era massacre in India as he visited the site on Wednesday. The London Mayor, who is o...
Why Iraq should limit Islamic State trialsAt the height of its power in Iraq, Islamic State controlled 40 percent of the country's territory and the daily lives of millions of Iraqis. Tens of thousands of Iraqis came to serve the IS administr...
B-1B bomber joins US-South Korea drills as tensions escalateSEOUL: A US B-1B bomber on Wednesday joined large-scale US-South Korean military exercises that North Korea has denounced as pushing the peninsula to the brink of nuclear war, as tension mounts betwee...
Myanmar opium crop shrinks by a quarter: UNBANGKOK: A "dramatic" drop in opium cultivation in Myanmar underscored a regional boom in demand for illegal synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine, which many Asian countries are struggling to comba...
World’s nations adopt plan ‘towards a pollution-free planet’NAIROBI: The world's nations vowed Wednesday to curb plastic and chemical contamination of the air, soil, rivers and oceans, calling for a steep change in how goods are produced and consumed. Governme...
Russia’s Putin to seek new presidential term in 2018NIZHNY NOVGOROD: President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday he would seek re-election in March 2018, a contest opinion polls show he will win comfortably, setting the stage for him to extend his...
At NATO, angry Tillerson denies quit rumoursNEW YORK: Representing the United States at a meeting of NATO allies Wednesday, an angry Secretary of State Rex Tillerson dismissed reports that White House officials are pushing him to resign. Persis...