Palestinian rockets, Israeli airstrikes jolt tenuous Gaza truce
JERUSALEM: Palestinian militants fired two rockets deep into southern Israel from Gaza on Saturday, and the Israeli military responded with a number of airstrikes...
One dead as petrol protests spread in Iran
DUBAI: One person was killed and others injured in protests that spread across Iran on Saturday after a surprise decision to impose petrol price hikes...
Pope compares politicians who rage against gays to Hitler
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Friday politicians who rage against homosexuals, gipsies and Jews remind him of Hitler.
“It is not coincidental that at...
Trump asked Tokyo for $8 billion to keep US troops in Japan
TOKYO: US President Donald Trump has asked Japan to quadruple its payments for US forces stationed there, Foreign Policy reported, citing unnamed current and...
Gunman, 16, in US school shooting dies as police hunt motive
SANTA CLARITA: The teenager who gunned down classmates at a California high school before shooting himself died Friday, leaving detectives baffled over the motive...
Gunmen fire on buses carrying Muslim Sri Lankan voters
COLOMBO: Gunmen fired at buses carrying minority Muslim voters on Saturday as Sri Lankans elected a new president, with the powerful Rajapaksa clan eyeing a...
Chileans to vote on new constitution in response to protests
SANTIAGO: Chile said Friday it will hold a referendum to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution -- a key demand of protesters after nearly a...
Trump ally Roger Stone convicted of lying to Congress
WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump's adviser Roger Stone has been convicted on seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.
The court...
Trump to attend NATO meeting in Britain early December: White House
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will travel to Britain for the meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from Dec. 2 to 4, the...
Harvard students walk out en masse from Israeli diplomat’s talk in US
CAMBRIDGE: In yet another sign that Palestinian solidarity activists are getting a room inside mainstream institutions, scores of Harvard students walked out on the...
Venice faces more floods as state of emergency declared
VENICE: Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide on Friday, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the Unesco city where...
Ex-finance chief Safadi agrees to be put forward as Lebanon’s PM
BEIRUT: Mohammad Safadi, a former finance minister, has agreed to be Lebanon’s prime minister if he wins the support of leading parties, Foreign Minister...
Pelosi says Trump has admitted to bribery as impeachment probe intensifies
WASHINGTON DC: House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart...
Football diplomacy with Qatar hints at Saudi ‘peace’ effort
DOHA: A Saudi-led bloc's decision to play a football tournament in rival Qatar could herald a rapprochement after a two-year stand-off, and signal Riyadh...
Taliban shift Western hostages as prisoner swap postponed
PESHAWAR: A plan to swap two Western hostages with three Taliban prisoners has been postponed, an Afghan government official told Reuters on Friday, and...
Iran not calling for elimination of Jews, wants non-sectarian Israel: Khamenei
DUBAI: Iran is not calling for the elimination of the Jewish people, but believes people of all religions should decide Israel’s future, Iranian Supreme...
US presses European countries to take Islamic State fighters
WASHINGTON: European and other members of the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group must take back and prosecute their nationals detained in Iraq...
