Democratic presidential candidates clashed late Sunday in their final debate before first votes are cast in Iowa, with Hillary Clinton presenting herself as best qualified as she parried attacks from pugnacious rival Bernie Sanders. The pair, along ...
In the heart of the Calais migrant shantytown in northern France known as the “Jungle”, ...
With her sick daughter in the arms, Mira Lela pushes her way through the hallway of the ...
The secretive ruling Communist Party of Laos on Monday opened its five-yearly congress, a gathering which decides who runs the tightly-controlled country and sets economic priorities. The communists have ruled the impoverished Southeast Asian nation since 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War, which ...
Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his fiery anti-migrant rhetoric, said on Sunday it was “practically impossible” to integrate the Muslim community into European society. “The experience of Western European countries which have ghettos and excluded localities shows that the ...
BERLIN: Advances by Islamist militants in Libya pose a new threat to Europe and could unleash a new wave of refugees, Germany’s defence minister said on Monday, adding she did not rule out deploying German troops in the north African country. “Germany will not be able to evade ...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces set up checkpoints in southeast Baghdad and sent out helicopter search parties on Monday after confirming three US citizens had gone missing. Media reported three US contractors or trainers had been kidnapped with their translator in the Dora neighborhood on Friday. ...
DIYARBAKIR: Several people were wounded and at least one feared killed after a mortar shell which appeared to have been fired from Syria struck a school in Turkey’s southeastern border province of Kilis, security sources and local media reports said. Footage broadcast on the website of the ...
KABUL: Afghanistan will hold postponed parliamentary elections in October, the top election official said on Monday, after last June’s deadline to choose a new assembly was missed because of political squabbling.Parliament’s five-year term expired last June, but elections were postponed ...
ROME: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Italy and France next week on his first trip to Europe since the lifting of sanctions against his country, a diplomatic source said on Monday. The source said Rouhani would be in Italy on Jan. 25-26 and leave for Paris on Jan. 27. On his first day ...
JALALABAD: At least 14 people were killed when a suicide bomber ...
ATHENS: Dreams rarely come true, at least not for long. For a few ...
