KABUL: The Taliban on Thursday violently cracked down on a small women’s rights demonstration, firing shots into the air and pushing back protesters, AFP journalists...

BERLIN: Germany is headed for weeks, if not months, of protracted coalition haggling as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives insisted Monday on trying to form a...

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Elections and a constitutional referendum scheduled for the coming months in Haiti have been postponed indefinitely after the Monday dismissal of members of the...

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly in New York ends on Monday (Sep 27), but without speeches by those in power in Afghanistan and...

[caption id="attachment_14821" align="alignnone" width="1588"] Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and top candidate for chancellor Armin Laschet casts his vote in the general elections, in Aachen,...

BANGKOK: Myanmar’s junta has denied suspending the internet in conflict-wracked regions, blaming a recent spate of data blackouts on anti-coup protesters who had destroyed military-owned...

RAMALLAH: Israeli troops killed at least four Hamas soldiers in gun battles during raids today against one of the group’s cells in the occupied West...

MANILA: The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte today said it will not cooperate with an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into his notorious war...

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the trio were "severely damaging regional peace and stability, intensifying an arms race, and damaging international nuclear non-proliferation...