Sri Lanka Supreme Court overturns dissolution of parliament

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has overturned President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament and ordered a halt to ...

Agreement on RCEP deferred to 2019

New Delhi, Nov 14: Asia-Pacific trade ministers have not been able to complete negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic ...

Trump lashes Macron as Europe moves on defense without US

Donald Trump on Tuesday unleashed an extraordinary attack on Emmanuel Macron, mocking the French president’s approval rating ...

Gas to overtake coal as world’s second largest energy source by 2030: IEA

London: Natural gas is expected to overtake coal as the world’s second largest energy source after oil by 2030 due to a drive to ...

150 killed in battle for Yemen’s Hodeida

At least 150 people have been killed in 24 hours of clashes in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, medics said Monday, as ...

Call for open markets as world leaders gather in Singapore

Singapore’s prime minister made an impassioned plea Monday for open markets and warned “political pressures” were ...

World leaders mark 100 years since WWI Armistice in Paris

World leaders gathered in Paris will lead global commemorations on Sunday to mark 100 years since the end of World War I at a time of ...

Trump, Macron agree on defence

PARIS : U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron agreed on Saturday on the need for more European defence ...

Sri Lanka’s president dissolves parliament

COLOMBO : Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament on Friday night and called a general election for Jan. 5 in ...

Mikhail Gorbachev warns against return to the Cold War

MOSCOW : Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, warned on Thursday against rising tensions between Russia and the United States ...