DAR ES SALAAM: The death toll from the collapse of a multi-storey building in Tanzania has risen to 34 after more bodies were pulled from
WASHINGTON: The White House has wholeheartedly embraced Yoga as a worthy physical activity at a time some schools inAmerica are railing against the ancient Indian practice, saying it promotes Hinduism.
YANGON, Myanmar: For most people in Myanmar, it will be a novelty when privately run daily newspapers hit the streets on Monday. Many weren’t even born when the late dictator
PARIS: The Eiffel Tower was evacuated Saturday night after an anonymous caller phoned in abomb threat, police said. Nearly 1,400 people were sent away from the tourist attraction following a
CAIRO: Egypt’s state prosecutors issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country’s president, in the latest legal action to take aim
JOHANNESBURG: Former South African President Nelson Mandela is comfortable and able to breathe without problems as he continues to respond to treatment in hospital for a recurrence ofpneumonia, President Jacob
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula was entering “a state of war” and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that’s the
KARACHI, Pakistan: A corrupt, low-level cop with a healthy dose of street smarts rises to control hundreds of illegal gambling dens in Pakistan’s largest city. By doling out millions of
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world’s poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist Catholics who adored
BEIJING: A massive landslide engulfed a gold mining area in mountainous Tibet, burying 83 workers believed to have been asleep early Friday morning, Chinese state media said. About 2 million