BEIRUT: Syrian opposition fighters blew up bridges Friday linking areas they control to government-held territories in northwestern Syria in anticipation of a military offensive against their last stronghold in the country, activists…
DUBAI: Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement over the southern city of Jazan, the Saudi-led coalition said on Monday. Earlier, the Houthis said the group had fired…
UNITED NATIONS: Efforts are on to destroy Syria’s two remaining chemical weapon production facilities, a United Nations (UN) official said Thursday. The destruction of the facilities is expected to be completed within two…
BEIJING: Authorities in northern China have demolished a Christian megachurch in a move denounced by religious rights groups. China’s officially atheist Communist authorities are wary of any organised movements outside their control, including…
SYDNEY: Bushfires in Australia destroyed buildings and threatened lives on Saturday as a heatwave in three states brought temperatures strong enough to melt the bitumen on a highway. A fire raging out…
