More than 50 killed by suicide bomber in Kabul banqueting hall

KABUL : A suicide bomber blew himself up in a banqueting hall where Islamic religious scholars had gathered in the Afghan capital ...

Ivanka Trump used personal email for govt business: report

The US president’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump used a personal email account for government business in violation ...

Judge bars Trump from denying asylum to people entering US illegally

A federal judge on Monday put a temporary halt to a Trump administration order denying the possibility of asylum to people who enter ...

Maldives set to pull out of China free trade deal, says senior lawmaker

MALE : The Maldives’ new government will pull out of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China because it was a mistake for the tiny ...

EU ministers agree terms of ‘painful’ Brexit divorce

European ministers signed off Britain’s draft divorce deal on Monday as they launched a “painful” final week of ...

World powers clash over chemical arms watchdog’s new role

World powers traded accusations of hypocrisy in bitter clashes on Monday over the global toxic weapons watchdog’s new ability ...

Sirisena’s all-party meet proves inconclusive

An all-party conference convened by President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday ended without an agreement, prolonging the political ...

Rohingya repatriation, relocation plans set to be pushed back to 2019

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh :Nov 19:  Bangladesh’s plans to tackle the Rohingya refugee crisis are set to be stalled until the new ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa loses trust vote again

Amidst furore and violence caused by his MPs in Parliament, Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday lost a trust vote for the third time this ...