World

Tokyo: Japanese author Haruki Murakami has asked for the withdrawal of his nomination for an alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature, postponed this...

Melbourne: Australia will begin a public inquiry, or Royal Commission, into the country's aged-care sector as a spike in cases of elderly abuse creates...

Berlin: An anti-Kremlin activist lost his sight, hearing and ability to walk in a suspected poisoning last week but is doing better since he arrived in...

London: Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, has called for another referendum on Britain's European Union membership, saying the prime minister's handling...

Lamu( Kenya): Kenyan islanders have built a boat made entirely of recycled plastic collected during clean-ups of the ocean to highlight the growing menace...

New Delhi: India's finance minister said on Saturday that the government is confident of meeting its fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of gross...

Jericho(West Bank): The United States will not present its long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace any time soon and is instead trying to...

Berlin: Europe should take action to neutralise the consequences of the US decision to quit a 2015 Iran nuclear accord to ensure its own long-term economic...

Manila: A strong typhoon tore through the northern tip of the Philippines on Saturday packing winds of more than 200 kph (124 mph) along with torrential...

Alcantara Space Center (Brazil): Brazil is ready to launch small commercial rockets from its space base near the equator as soon as it agrees to safeguard...