World

Tokyo: North Korea appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a missile shield defending Japan, the country’s defence minister has said. Minister...

Washington: Purdue Pharma, the opioid drug-maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, is reported to be offering between $10 billion and $12 billion to...

Beijing: US retailer Costco was forced to close early on its opening day in China, after the store was swamped with shoppers. Buyers battled long queues...

São Paolo: A senior Brazilian official has told Emmanuel Macron to take care of “his home and his colonies” as Brazil rejected an offer from G7...

Biarritz: US president Donald Trump skipped a discussion on climate with other world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France — then claimed to...

Jakarta: Indonesia will move its capital to the eastern edge of jungle-clad Borneo island, President Joko Widodo said Monday, as the country shifts its...

Brussels: The body of an Iraqi migrant who tried to swim across the Channel from France to Britain has been found off the coast of Belgium. The 48-year-old...

Beijing: An Australian man of Chinese origin has been arrested in China after being accused of 'espionage', the foreign ministry in Canberra said in...

Khartoum: Sudan has called on the United Nations Security Council to lift its suspension of troop withdrawals and ensure all peacekeepers leave Darfur by...

Paris: Brazilian women are probably ashamed of President Jair Bolsonaro, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, hitting back after the...