BEIJING: Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya raised “serious concerns” on Wednesday over China’s military buildup as he met counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, Tokyo said. On his first visit to China ...

THE ECP’s recent pledge to eliminate the gender gap among voters falls flat in the face of troubling revelations about women’s participation in the general elections. According to Pattan-Coalition 38, ...

KARACHI: The government borrowings from banks for budgetary support were negative during the first half of the current fiscal ...

Journalists Markenzy Nathoux and Jimmy Jean were killed “during an attack by bandits from the coalition ‘Viv Ansanm’ (‘Living Together’)” at the State University of Haiti Hospital, Robest Dimanche, ...

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel where 72 people died after ...

BUENOS AIRES: Some 3,000 homeless people sat down for a festive Christmas charity dinner on Tuesday in the centre of Buenos ...

DAMASCUS: Syria’s new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials said, including one ...

ANKARA: The Turkish military killed 21 Kurdish militants in northern Syria and Iraq, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.

DAMASCUS: Syrian police have imposed an overnight curfew in the city of Homs, state media reported, after unrest there linked to demonstrations that residents said were led by members of the minority ...

KYIV: Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy system and some cities with cruise and ballistic missiles plus drones on Wednesday in an “inhuman” Christmas Day assault, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky ...

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s state media said an Israeli air strike targeted the Baalbek region in the east of the country before dawn on Wednesday, branding it a “violation” of the fragile ceasefire between ...

The Houthis have repeatedly launched missiles at Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians since the conflict in Gaza began ...