International
Board of Peace will ask the UN Security Council to press Hamas to disarm
GENEVA: The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza will ask the United Nations...
US charges Cuba’s Raúl Castro with murder over 1996 downing of two planes
KATHMANDU: The US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill...
WHO says Ebola outbreak not “pandemic emergency”
GENEVA: The risk of the Ebola epidemic is “high at the national and regional...
All bodies of missing Italian divers recovered: Maldivian gov’t
MALE: Maldivian authorities have recovered the last two bodies of the Italian divers who...
76 pct of medical imaging equipment in Gaza hospitals out of service: official
GAZA: Up to 76 percent of medical imaging equipment in hospitals across the Gaza...
Kremlin says progress but no deal on new Russia-China gas pipeline: Russian media
BEIJING: Russia and China did not reach an agreement on the new multibillion-dollar “Power...
Myanmar military claims recapture of Thai border town
YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar’s military claimed on Wednesday to have recaptured a town on the...
Torrential rain and floods batter China, killing at least 12 and forcing mass evacuations
BEIJING: Torrential rain and floods hit parts of China this week, killing at least...
Putin, Xi hail ‘unyielding’ ties in talks after Trump visit
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia’s “unyielding” ties in talks with Vladimir...
More than 17,000 under evacuation orders as Southern California wildfire threatens homes
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.: More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Southern California...
