ROME: Italy's Interior Minister today Matteo Salvini warned another migrant rescue mission off the Libyan coast that it would not be allowed to land its "human cargo" at an Italian…
SANAA: The UN envoy for Yemen Martin Griffith has arrived in the rebel-held capital Sanaa today for talks on the key aid port of Hodeida where rebel fighters are battling a regional…
ATHENS: Greece's leftist-led government was to face a censure vote and protests today as it prepares to sign a provisional deal to end a 27-year name row with Macedonia. Prime Minister Alexis…
CHICAGO: President Donald Trump's administration has erected a temporary encampment near the US-Mexico border in Texas to house the increasing number of migrant children in government custody, a government official…
STOCKHOLM: A Danish court ordered the government Friday to compensate 18 civilians who were tortured during the Iraq war in an operation carried out by Iraqi security forces along with a Danish…
BERLIN: As Chancellor Angela Merkel fights to save her government in a heated battle over immigration, an opinion poll Friday showed most Germans support the tougher line of her rebel interior…
HAVANA: The Colombian government and the ELN guerrilla group ended their fifth round of peace talks in Havana on Friday without reaching an agreement for a bilateral ceasefire, but vowed to…
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to jointly overcome their mutual distrust, as he confirmed ongoing efforts to arrange a Japan-North Korea summit.…
HANOI: Vietnam police have launched a formal criminal investigation into an American man who was among dozens arrested last week during rare protests that erupted across the authoritarian state. American…
KARACHI: Farooq Sattar has finally been taken to Bahadurabad where he was welcomed by Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. On this occasion, the leaders stressed that their joining hands was not merely…
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Italy's new premier Giuseppe Conte Friday to try patch up relations after sparks flew between the two countries over Rome's rejection of a…
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday praised a "possible new path to peace" with North Korea, but warned the US must remain vigilant to countries pursuing nuclear weapons. His remarks came after…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump declared Washington's nuclear stand-off with North Korea "largely solved" on Friday after he gave young autocrat Kim Jong Un his telephone number and canceled US war games. Hailing…
KABUL: Afghans greeted the beginning of Eid with prayers on Friday as the Muslim holiday dawned in peace for the first time since the 2001 US-led invasion, after the Taliban agreed to…
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, accusing him of attacking western democracy and trying to break up NATO. Mattis's remarks came just hours after President…
WASHINGTON: Nearly 2,000 minors were separated from their parents or adult guardians who illegally crossed into the United States over a recent six-week period, officials said Friday in the most comprehensive 2018…
GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council will kick off a new session Monday under a cloud of growing US criticism and the threat of Washington withdrawing from the body altogether. Longstanding US…
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's ruling party on Friday threatened legal action against opposition figures leading a "clean finger campaign" that is encouraging voters to boycott a national election in July. The opposition has…
AL DURAIHMI: A Yemeni rebel attack killed 12 soldiers south of the battleground Red Sea port city of Hodeida today, military and medical sources said. The rebels launched the attack on…
JERUSALEM: An internal report has revealed Israeli foreign ministry officials' reservations over the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, despite the government's public endorsement. The…
MANHATTAN: As the Yemeni port city of Hodeida continues to come under attack from Saudi-led coalition forces on Thursday, seeking to drive out Houthi rebels who control the city, the United…
ISTANBUL: Three people were killed in southern Turkey Thursday in clashes that erupted when a lawmaker from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party was campaigning in a mainly Kurdish town near Syria,…
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron did not mean to offend Italy with comments about the migrant crisis that have sparked a bitter diplomatic row, his office said today. In a…
TOKYO: Japan is working to arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim Jong Un after the North Korean leader said he was open to talks, local media…
