World

Paris: A magistrate has ordered former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial over irregularities in the funding of his failed 2012 re-election...

Seoul: South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a former top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges of abuse of...

Taichung (Taiwan): Taiwan plans to build 66 jet trainer aircraft, with a scheduled maiden flight by 2020, to bolster defences against China which has never...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday corrupt police will be sent to a violence-racked stronghold of militants or they should quit,...

Manila: Peace talks between the Philippine government and communist rebels to end nearly five decades of conflict are still possible even though the...

Beijing: China is proposing a further tightening of controls over the Internet with the possible establishment of a new commission to vet Internet services...

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was left teetering on the brink of a minority government on Tuesday when a prominent lawmaker quit to...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel passed a law on Monday retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the...

Occupied Jerusalem/Washington: Seizing on an Iranian missile test, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and new US President Donald Trump are nearing...

New York: A young Iranian girl in need of emergency eye surgery only available in the United States arrived safely at a New York airport, after a court...