UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN resolution backed by Western powers that would have imposed sanctions on Syria over chemical weapons...
WASHINGTON: A white couple have been handed heavy prison sentences in Georgia for shouting slurs and death threats at guests at a black child’s birthday...
WASHINGTON: The United States Commerce Department on Tuesday confirmed a picture of sluggish growth in 2016, with the world’s largest economy growing at its slowest...
SINCAN: The biggest trial of suspects accused of involvement in last year’s failed coup opened in Turkey on Tuesday in a courtroom specially built to...
DUBAI: Nearly 1,500 children have been recruited by Yemen’s warring parties, mostly the Shiite Huthi rebels, since March 2015, the UN said on Tuesday. The...
RAMALLAH: A senior Palestinian official has been denied entry to Egypt, prompting a Palestinian delegation to withdraw in protest from a counter-terrorism conference he was...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani political parties finally agreed to extend military courts for further two years, a Pakistani news website reported on Tuesday. The decision of...
LONDON: World stock markets were downbeat Tuesday and the dollar came under fresh selling pressure as trading floors grew cautious before Donald Trump’s speech to...