Rediscover the desi foodie in you with Alamgir Hotel’s lachaydar parathasIf there's one thing that could define a perfect morning for a Pakistani, it would certainly include a warm cup of tea with a crispy lachaydar (coil-like layered) paratha. While there are dhabas - loc...
Venezuela ‘on alert,’ suspends links with Curacao to block aidVenezuela's military said Tuesday it was on alert at its frontiers following threats by US President Donald Trump and suspended air and sea links with the island of Curacao ahead of a planned aid ship...
North Korea’s Kim shuffles nuclear talks team after defections, spying allegationsVeteran North Korean diplomats are being sidelined from nuclear talks ahead of a second summit with the United States as recent defections and allegations of spying undermine the trust of leader Kim J...
God and justice: Gay church prays for historic Kenya rulingA lesbian church leader lights pink, yellow, and purple candles and passes them around to worshippers as they pray for a court decision that will mean they no longer have to live a lie. "The Lord is i...
Fashion diplomacy: S Korea officials don coats with message to KimSeoul security officials are wearing jackets embroidered with a secret well-wishing message for Kim Jong Un, deploying a code representing key moments in inter-Korean relations ahead of a summit betwe...
Film stars plead for election peace in NigeriaAs emergencies go, it had a catchy tune. Faced with a Nigerian election that could spiral into violence, some in the popular film industry known as Kannywood gathered this week to shoot an urgent musi...
Britain to strip Daesh teen of citizenshipBritain will strip citizenship from a UK teenager who joined the Daesh group in Syria but now wants to return home with her newborn baby, a lawyer for her family said Tuesday. Shamima Begum’s fate has...
US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shiftsHunkered down behind a wall of snow, two US Marines melt slush to make drinking water after spending the night digging out a defensive position high in the Sierra Nevada. Their laminated targeting map...
‘Pyongyang not the enemy’: South Koreans fed up with military serviceNamgung Jin is anxious as he awaits the start of his military service in South Korea — almost two years in uniform guarding against the nuclear-armed neighbor to the north, with the two countries tech...
Security forces free Mali official from extremistsA senior government official and a journalist abducted by suspected extremists in Mali have been freed, a security source told AFP on Tuesday. Makan Doumbia, the prefect of Tenenkou commune in central...
Trump signs ‘Space Force’ directivePresident Donald Trump signed an order Tuesday outlining his vision for a new “Space Force” that could one day become a separate military branch on an equal footing to the Army and Navy. Trump wants t...
Ex-Goldman banker to finish Malaysia legal process before US extraditionA former Goldman Sachs banker accused of involvement in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal will only be extradited to the United States after legal proceedings against him in Malaysia are completed...
Hundreds of students flee violence in Indonesia’s PapuaHundreds of students have fled fighting in Indonesia's restive Papua province, a local NGO said, amid unconfirmed reports of violent military reprisals after a massacre of civilian workers by separati...
Controversial Thai Buddhist sect dazzles with annual processionThousands of devotees of a powerful Thai Buddhist sect, whose spiritual leader is on the run over a multi-million dollar fraud, joined a stunning candle-lit procession at their 1,000-acre Bangkok head...
Australia detains nanny over alleged Pinochet-era crimesAustralia on Wednesday announced it had arrested a nanny living in the country for more than three decades on allegations of Pinochet-era kidnapping and torture. Adriana Elcira Rivas Gonzalez, 66, was...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro suffers first defeat in CongressBrazil's lower chamber handed right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro his first defeat in Congress on Tuesday, the day before his government presents its most important legislative proposal to rein in a g...
Trump urges Venezuela military to back Guaido or ‘lose everything’US President Donald Trump on Monday urged Venezuela’s military to accept opposition leader Juan Guaido’s amnesty offer, or stand to “lose everything,” as a crisis deepened over President Nicolas Madur...
Fireballs and lights: Senegal’s president promises a brighter futureIn a campaign video featuring images of fireballs and flashing lights, Senegalese President Macky Sall is depicted in front of an express train, a motorway, a glass high-rise and then a sports arena....
North Korean envoy en route to Hanoi ahead of Trump-Kim summit: reportThe North Korean special representative for the US arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, apparently en route to Vietnam to meet his Washington counterpart ahead of a second summit between Donald Trump and Ki...
Fight for justice: Victims of church sex abuse go globalAfter years of struggling alone or finding support in national groups, survivors of sex abuse by priests have formed a new international alliance to pressure the Catholic Church to face up to its crim...
China’s top graft buster to go after ‘political deviation’China's top anti-corruption body will target "political deviation" this year along with continued efforts to stamp out graft, it said on Tuesday, as part of a long-running campaign to improve discipli...
Sixteen states sue Trump over border wall emergencySixteen US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to fund a wall on the southern border with Mexico, saying the move violated the...
Myanmar picks panel to reform army-scripted constitutionMyanmar set up a committee to discuss reforming the country's military-drafted constitution on Tuesday, pitting Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government openly against the powerful armed forces for the...
Nicaraguan farmer who protested Ortega gets 216-year prison sentenceA farm leader who helped lead protests last year against President Daniel Ortega was sentenced on Monday to 216 years in prison, days after business leaders asked the government to release inmates con...
Sudanese protesters remain resilient, but Bashir unbowedSudanese protester Osman Sulaiman has taken to the streets of Khartoum chanting “overthrow, overthrow” almost daily since demonstrations erupted against President Omar Al-Bashir’s iron-fisted rule in...
Future rabbis reach out to Palestinians, sow rift with IsraelYoung American rabbinical students are doing more than visiting holy sites, learning Hebrew and poring over religious texts during their year abroad in Israel. In a stark departure from past programs...
Sexual harassment endemic for female workers in garment industry, study findsSexual harassment, sexism and pregnancy-related discrimination are rampant in the garment industry, a damning report by Human Rights Watch has found. The £1.9 trillion apparel industry employs million...
‘I obeyed like a robot’: abuse survivor tells of predator priestDenise Buchanan was 17 when she was raped by a seminarian who continued to abuse her when he became a priest in her native Jamaica. The Catholic Church, she says, has offered her nothing but their "pr...
Third Egyptian policeman dies of wounds after Cairo blastThree policemen were killed and five people were wounded, three of them civilians, when an explosive device carried by a militant they were chasing detonated in central Cairo on Monday night. The inte...
China, Iran meet amid efforts to preserve nuclear dealThe foreign ministers of China and Iran met in Beijing on Tuesday amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. No details were immediately released about the discussions between China’s...
Rights group slams ‘inhuman’ treatment of migrants in GreeceThe Council of Europe rights body Tuesday condemned the "inhuman and degrading treatment" of migrants and asylum seekers held in Greece, adding it had credible allegations of abuse by police. "Foreign...
Turkey seeks to detain over 300 for alleged Gulen tiesTurkish police on Tuesday launched raids to detain over 300 people, including military personnel, suspected of ties to a group blamed for a 2016 coup bid, state media reported. Prosecutors in Turkey's...