Rahul Gandhi extends family grip on India’s Congress partyIndia's Rahul Gandhi took over Saturday as president of the main opposition Congress, becoming the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to head the party that has ruled the country for much of its...
Australian PM future safeguarded in crucial Sydney by-electionSYDNEY: Australia's conservative coalition government regained its razor-thin parliamentary majority on Saturday after inner Sydney voters re-elected a former professional tennis player in a special p...
Alleged slave trade may lead to int’l intervention in LibyaTRIPOLI: A recent CNN report about markets of African migrant slave has drown regional and international criticism, which might eventually lead to the international community intervening in Libya to p...
Canadian billionaire couple found deadTORONTO: One of the richest couples of Canada was found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house in Toronto on Friday. Bodies of Barry Sherman, the 75-year-old founder of generic drug manufa...
Thousands of Romanians mourn former king MichaelBUCHAREST: Thousands of Romanians lined the streets of Bucharest on Saturday for the funeral of the country’s former king Michael, one of the last surviving World War Two European heads of state. Born...
Hindu man kills Muslim; posts murder online to collect fundsRAJASTHAN: A Hindu man in India killed a Muslim and posted a video of the murder online in an effort to raise money for a campaign against those who practice Islam, according to police. The suspect, S...
Strong earthquake rattles Indonesia’s Java island; 2 deadJAKARTA: A strong earthquake shook Indonesia's densely populated Java island on Friday night, killing two people and severely damaging dozens of homes near the epicenter. The magnitude 6.5 quake struc...
Ramaphosa, Dlamini-Zuma in tight race to lead South Africa’s ruling ANCJOHANNESBURG: South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) holds an election this weekend - seen as too close to call - to replace Jacob Zuma as party leader, with the winner also likely to b...
On the trail of London’s serial cat killerIn what has become a grim ritual, Tony Jenkins examines the mutilated remains of a domestic cat -- and says the south London serial killer has struck once again. Nobody is surprised when Jenkins, the...
US says identified target for sanctions over Myanmar crackdownWASHINGTON/YANGON: The United States has identified one person it might impose sanctions on over the brutal crackdown in Myanmar against minority Rohingya Muslims and is examining others, US Secretary...
Libyan coast guard rescues more than 250 migrants trying to reach ItalyTRIPOLI: Libya's coastal guard has rescued more than 250 illegal migrants trying to leave the North African country in small boats bound for Italy, officials said on Saturday. Libya's western shores a...
Zuma admits S.Africans ‘not happy’ with ruling ANC partySouth African President Jacob Zuma admitted Saturday that voters were "not happy" with the ruling ANC party as it began a five-day conference to elect his successor as party leader. Zuma said in his k...
Mexico presidential race roiled as leftist front-runner embraces right wing partyMEXICO CITY: The front-runner in Mexico's 2018 election has embraced a small, socially conservative party in his bid for the presidency, sparking criticism among progressives that could splinter his s...
Peru’s Congress prepares to oust President KuczynskiLIMA: President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's chances of surviving the political crisis gripping Peru faded on Friday after Congress passed a motion to start "presidential vacancy" procedures with enough vo...
Kurz’s Austrian conservatives bring far right into governmentVIENNA: Austria's conservative leader Sebastian Kurz has brought the far right Freedom Party (FPO) into government, striking a coalition deal he aims to cement with his own party and Austria's preside...
Three missing, thousands flee as storm heads for PhilippinesTens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods and three fishermen were missing Saturday as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak barrelled towards the eastern Philippines, officials said. Kai-Tak, packing...
Sonia Gandhi: power behind Congress throneSonia Gandhi stepped down as head of India's opposition Congress party Saturday after an extraordinary odyssey that transformed her from a shy housewife into the country's most powerful politician and...
16 insurgents killed in eastern Afghan provincesJALALABAD: Sixteen insurgents of Taliban and Islamic State (IS) group were killed in two eastern Afghan provinces, authorities said Saturday. Two Tajikistani militants of IS terrorist group were kille...
Chile votes in what could be a close presidential run-offChilean voters will decide their next president on Sunday in a run-off election whose outcome is far from certain after an unexpectedly strong surge for the left. Sebastian Pinera, a conservative bill...
Iraq plans oil pipeline network to cover all its territoryBAGHDAD: Iraq plans to build a pipeline network to carry oil products across all its territory as an alternative to expensive and hazardous transport by tanker truck, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said...
Myanmar journalists’ group to don black T-shirts over arrest of Reuters’ reportersYANGON: A group of Myanmar journalists said they would begin wearing black T-shirts on Saturday in protest at the detention of two Reuters reporters accused of violating the country's Official Secrets...
Turkey court releases 7 suspects in New Year attack trialA Turkish court on Saturday ordered the release of seven suspects in the trial over the deadly New Year attack on an Istanbul nightclub following an initial series of hearings. The court in Silivri ou...