International

AFP, Istanbul :The Turkish army on Monday accused Islamic State (IS) jihadists of killing at least 30 civilians seeking to flee the flashpoint Syrian town...

Reuters, Taipei :A group of Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on Monday...

Reuters, New Delhi :Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has quietly plugged a tax loophole used by the wealthy to buy real estate in someone else’s...

Reuters, Bartella :Several hundred Iraqi Christians flocked on Saturday to a northern town recently retaken from ISIS, celebrating Christmas for the first time since 2013,...

BBC Online :Donald Trump has announced that he plans to shut his charitable foundation, although an investigation into its practices continues.The US president-elect said he...

AP, Washington :In boasting about his tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama often cites numbers like these: 15 million new jobs, a 4.9...

AP, Sanaa :On a rocky hill overlooking the Arabian Sea in the city of Aden sits the palace of Yemen’s internationally recognized president. It’s one...

AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka surpassed the world record for the tallest artificial Christmas tree Saturday despite building delays forcing organisers to prune the structure by...

Reuters, Beirut :Syrian rebels shelled Aleppo and air strikes resumed around the city on Friday as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies said the...

BBC Online :Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees higher than average this Christmas Eve, in what scientists say is a...

BBC Online :May Christmas message urges unity after Brexit vote Theresa May has urged Britain to “unite and move forward” after the Brexit vote in...