After hiatus, Rajapaksa brothers set to dominate Sri Lanka again
COLOMBO: One brother is considered a shoo-in for the job of Sri Lanka’s president in elections this weekend and another is eyeing the prime...
Germany detains three Islamic State suspects over attack plan
BERLIN: German police detained three people in the western city of Offenbach on Tuesday on suspicion of planning a bomb attack on behalf of...
UK Labour Party hit by cyber attack ahead of election
LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Tuesday it was subject to a large-scale cyberattack on its digital platforms just weeks before a national...
Performers wounded in knife attack on stage in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Two men and a woman were wounded in a knife attack as they performed on stage in a park in the Saudi capital...
Trains collide in Bangladesh, killing at least 16
DHAKA: Two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores, officials said.
Local police chief Shayamal Kanti Das...
US troops at Syria base say they’ll keep pressure on IS
EASTERN SYRIA: At a base in eastern Syria, a senior U.S. coalition commander said Monday that American troops who remain in Syria are redeploying...
Afghanistan to swap Taliban militants for American, Australian captives
KABUL: Afghanistan will release two senior Taliban commanders and a leader of the Haqqani militant group in exchange for an American and an Australian professor...
Former President Jimmy Carter enters hospital for surgery
ATLANTA: Former US.President Jimmy Carter was admitted to a hospital on Monday evening for a surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by...
Israeli airstrike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza home
GAZA CITY: Israel killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza early Tuesday in a rare targeted killing that threatened to unleash a fierce...
Indian stabs wife to death over her liking for Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan
A 33-year-old Indian-origin man in the US allegedly stabbed his wife to death and then hanged himself because he was jealous of her liking...
US troops to stay in Afghanistan several more years: Gen Milley
WASHINGTON DC: US Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has predicted that American troops, already in Afghanistan for 18...
Uber CEO says he was wrong to call Khashoggi killing a ‘mistake’
RIYADH: Uber’s chief executive said on Monday the murder by Saudi Arabia, a major investor in his company, of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year...
Poland says France’s Macron comments on NATO ‘dangerous’
WARSAW: French President Emmanuel Macron's critical remarks about NATO were 'dangerous', Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview published by the Financial...
IS ‘defeated’ in key Afghan province: official
KABUL: The Islamic State group's Afghan branch has been "defeated" in one of the key eastern provinces where it first sought to establish a...
India’s ruling party suffers setback as richest state slips out of its control
MUMBAI: In a setback, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party has decided not to form the government in the western state of Maharashtra...
New Zealand could ban some criminals from being near guns
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's government is proposing legislation to ban certain criminals from being anywhere near guns even if they didn't own them, a measure...
Woody Allen and Amazon reach settlement in $68 million lawsuit
MANHATTAN: Woody Allen has ended his $68 million lawsuits against Amazon.com Inc for backing out of a four-picture production and distribution agreement and refusing...
