World

Beirut: The death toll from air strikes in the Deir Al Asafir district southeast of Damascus has risen to more than 30, mostly women and children, according...

San Francisco: Egypt blocked Facebook Inc's Free Basics Internet service at the end of last year after the US company refused to give the Egyptian...

Kolkata(India): Indian police on Friday opened a case of culpable homicide against the company that had been building a flyover which collapsed in Kolkata,...

Washington: Republican front-runner Donald Trump is facing pressure from supporters and other admirers to take a more serious approach to his US...

London: The world's first life-saving gene therapy for children, developed by Italian scientists and GlaxoSmithKline, has been recommended for approval...

Istanbul: Hundreds of people including opposition politicians protested outside the trial of two prominent Turkish journalists facing life in prison on...

London/Athens: Smugglers based in Turkey are offering to take migrants to Italy instead of Greece where they are likely to be deported under a deal between...

London: More than 640 million people globally now weigh in as obese and the world has more overweight than underweight people, according to an analysis of...

Nairobi: A new road and rail project cutting through a nature reserve on the outskirts of Nairobi threatens wildlife, livestock and people, conservationists...

Geneva: North Korea will pursue its nuclear and ballistic missile programme in defiance of the United States and its allies, a top Pyongyang envoy told...