BUENOS AIRES: Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, capitalizing on its reputation as a “safe pair of hands” and defying concerns about the
WASHINGTON/VILNIUS: President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to back him in launching an attack on Syria, as diplomatic pressure grew on the United States to wait for a U.N.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, trespass and criminal damage after scaling a fence to get into Buckingham Palace, police have said. He was found “in an
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says authorities are freeing seven more Taliban prisoners to facilitate a peace process aimed at reaching a political resolution to the war in neighboring Afghanistan. The
NEW DELHI: India may announce more measures to curb fuel consumption later this month and raise diesel prices by close to 10 percent soon in a bid to cut the
SYDNEY: Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Polling booths opened at 8:00
CAIRO: Egypt’s army-backed government has decided to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organisation, a state-run newspaper reported on Friday, pressing a crackdown on deposed President Mohamed Mursi’s
AFP Pope Francis came under fire from victims groups on Thursday following news that he had quietly sacked the Vatican’s envoy to the Dominican Republic over allegations of paedophilia. “Like
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Indian woman whose memoir about life under Taliban rule was turned into a Bollywood movie was shot dead Thursday by suspected members of the Islamist
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The police colonel was stunned by the skill of the 13-year-old arrested during a raid on counterfeiters in Lima’s gritty outskirts, how he deftly slid the