World

Paris: France's lower parliament passed a landmark bill that would oblige social media companies to remove hate speech within 24 hours or face massive...

Brasilia: The Brazilian colonial port town of Paraty and the nearby region of Ilha Grande was recently chosen as a new World Heritage Site by the United...

Istanbul: Turkey has made vital contributions to the security of Europe and has helped shelter migrants, state media reported the country's President...

Washington: The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday. In a tweet, Sheikh Tamim said,...

Cairo: African leaders officially launched the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. The launch occurred at the...

Vienna: Some 464,000 people across the world were victims of homicidal violence in 2017, more than five times the number killed in armed conflict over the...

Doha: A major Afghan peace conference involving senior government officials, civil society members, women, and Taliban concluded with a roadmap for peace...

Kiev: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed holding talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Belarusian capital...

Manila: For the first five months of 2019, a total of 3,489,270 tourists visited the Philippines, marking a 9.76 per cent increase from last year’s...

Colombo: New figures show Sri Lankan tourism could recover faster than expected, according to a senior government official. Tourist arrivals in June nearly...