International

The Independent :Democrats have opened a six-point lead over Republicans ahead of the midterm elections, according to a new poll.As the US gears up for...

AFP, Dublin :Pope Francis touched down in Dublin on Saturday for an historic two-day visit to Ireland, where the Catholic Church is battling to regain...

AFP, Rome :Italy’s populist government warned it would pull European Union funding unless it agrees to take some of the 150 people stranded on an...

Reuters, Washington :The United States is cutting more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinians, the State Department said on Friday, amid a deteriorating...

AFP, Washington :The top commander for US and NATO forces in Afghanistan said Wednesday that warring parties now have an “unprecedented” opportunity for peace, and...

Reuters, Washington :South Africa on Thursday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of stoking racial divisions in a late-night tweet in which he said he had...

AFP, Kuala Lumpur :A fugitive Malaysian financier at the centre of a massive corruption scandal that helped bring down the last government was Friday charged...

AFP, Seoul :A South Korean appeal court on Friday extended ex-president Park Geun-hye’s prison sentence for corruption and abuse of power by one year.The decision...

Reuters, New York :A group of chief executive officers at the largest U.S. companies expressed serious concern about the Trump administration’s immigration policy and said...

Reuters, Beijing :Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday he believed China would sympathize with his country’s “internal fiscal problems” as he seeks to...

AFP, Ankara :Iran said on Monday that Europe should accelerate its efforts to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers that U.S....