As Yemen falls apart, one boomtown risesThe clang of jackhammers and excavators fills the streets of Marib, an oil-rich Yemeni boomtown once accustomed to the sounds of war, now a rare oasis of stability in a country torn by strife. Yemen i...
US conservatives gather as Trump faces pressure on multiple frontsRussian meddling, national mourning for school shooting victims, the chaotic state of Donald Trump’s presidency: US political turbulence forms a dramatic backdrop as conservatives gather near Washingt...
Barred from election Putin’s nemesis Navalny tries political siegeMOSCOW: Two young anti-Putin activists trudged through a snow-logged Moscow housing estate on a recent Saturday, putting up fliers promoting a boycott of a presidential election next month. “It’s not...
Lebanon gets tough on the press ahead of electionsBEIRUT: A string of court cases and judicial investigations against Lebanese media figures is testing this country’s reputation as a forum for ideas in a region blanketed by censorship and threats to...
Malaysia holds Filipinos seeking to set up extremist cellTen suspected Islamic militants who were trying to establish a Malaysian cell of a Philippine kidnap-for-ransom group have been arrested in Borneo island, police said Wednesday. The alleged extremists...
Bahrain activist Rajab sentenced to 5 years for tweetsHigh-profile Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to a further five years in jail on Wednesday over tweets critical of the war in Yemen, a judicial source and human rights groups said. Rajab,...
Poker-faced Italian president to hold all the cards after electionROME: In the sound and fury of Italy’s election campaign, the man who will pick the next prime minister never says a word. President Sergio Mattarella, known for his reserved personality and dislike o...
Trump junior says presidency is costing the family firmDonald Trump’s presidency has cost the family firm “millions of dollars” in lost business, his son told an Indian newspaper during a visit aimed at drumming up sales of new luxury apartment complexes....
Indian police arrest six as inquiry widens into bank fraudIndia’s federal police have arrested six people, including employees of a billionaire jeweller, as an inquiry into one of the country’s biggest bank scams widens, investigators said Wednesday. The Cen...
Hong Kong activist on trial over riotsHong Kong’s best-known independence activist went on trial on riot charges Wednesday over protests in 2016 which saw the city’s worst violence for decades. Edward Leung, 26, the former leader of pro-i...
Delhi’s ‘lost’ Mughal garden reopens as public parkA once-forgotten Mughal garden in the heart of New Delhi will reopen on Wednesday after years of painstaking conservation work, creating a new public park in India’s sprawling and smog-choked capital....
Bodies recovered from Iran plane crash siteBEIRUT: The bodies of seven victims of Sunday’s air crash in Iran were brought down from the mountainous crash site on Wednesday, according to Mizan, the official news site of the Iranian judiciary. T...
Sri Lanka bus explosion injures 19, including 12 military personnelCOLOMBO: Nineteen people including 12 military personnel were injured on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus in Sri Lanka, said the military, adding they do not know the cause but suspect it may be a b...
Japan donates ballot boxes worth $7.5 million for Cambodia electionPHNOM PENH: Japan donated over 10,000 ballot boxes for Cambodia’s 2018 election on Wednesday, the first international aid for the vote after European Union and the United States withdrew their support...