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At least nine UN peacekeepers killed in Mali ambush
Suspected militants killed at least nine United Nations peacekeepers from Niger on Friday in northeastern Mali, in the deadliest ever…
6 still missing on Japan volcano, typhoon threatens recovery
Sixteen people remain unaccounted for on a still-smouldering Japanese volcano that erupted at the weekend, officials said Friday, as a…
Germany scraps tuition fees for all universities
University students in Pakistan struggle to pay tuition and often drop out due to the heavy cost of higher-education, but…
15 feared dead in Bulgaria explosives blast
SOFIA: Fifteen people were feared dead Thursday after a blast flattened a Bulgarian explosives plant that decommissioned landmines, with the…
Modi wields broom in new ‘Clean India’ push
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded a broom in a New Delhi slum on Thursday as he pledged to…
Myanmar news website hacked over Muslim ‘support’
YANGON: A popular Myanmar news website was blocked by hackers angry at its description of hardline Buddhist monks as "radical",…
Taliban bomber in Afghan capital targets army bus kills 3
KABUL: A Taliban suicide attacker killed three people on an Afghan army bus in Kabul on Thursday, the latest deadly…
US Secret Service chief quits over security breaches
WASHINGTON: The director of the US Secret Service resigned Wednesday following a string of lapses by the elite presidential protection…
12 dead as trains collide in northern India
Two passenger trains collided in northern India, killing at least 12 people and injuring 45 others, a railway spokesman said…