International

AP, London :The British government plans to have the next Parliament hold a two-year session to deal with the expected onslaught of Brexit-related legislation.Parliament normally...

AFP, Damascus :Syria’s army on Saturday declared a 48-hour ceasefire in the southern city of Daraa, bringing a cautious calm after days of heavy fighting.In...

AFP, Norristown :A US judge declared a mistrial Saturday in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case with the jury deadlocked on whether the disgraced star drugged...

AP, Baghdad :U.S.-backed Iraqi troops pushed into the last Islamic State stronghold in the country’s second largest city of Mosul on Sunday, an Iraqi commander...

AFP, West Bengal :A man has been killed and dozens of police injured in clashes between Indian police and protesters in Darjeeling, an official said...

AFP, Paris :French President Emmanuel Macron is on course for a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that will complete his overhaul of national politics as...

Reuters, Berlin :Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, died on Friday, the mass-selling newspaper Bild reported. He was 87.Bild reported in...

AP, Washington :In a shot at one of Barack Obama’s signature policies, President Trump on Friday will announce steps designed to restrict U.S. travel to...

Reuters, London :British finance minister Philip Hammond said Britain should adopt a pragmatic approach to Brexit negotiations which begin on Monday, striking a different tone...

AFP, Berlin :With a mission to spread a liberal form of Islam, a mosque where men and women pray side by side has opened its...