International

AFP, Manila :Mario Dimaculangan shares a toilet with 130 other inmates in one of the Philippines’ most overcrowded jails, and conditions are getting worse as...

PTI, Beijing :Undergoing radical transformation to increase its combat capability amid rising tensions over the disputed South China Sea, President Xi Jinping is pushing China’s...

AP, Istanbul :A new presidential decree has introduced sweeping reforms to Turkey’s military in the wake of the failed coup in the country.Sunday’s decree gives...

AFP, Beirut :Advancing Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by US-led air strikes now control 40 percent of the Islamic State stronghold of Manbij in northern...

BBC Online :Riot police in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, have clashed with supporters of an armed group barricaded with hostages inside a police station.Dozens of...

AFP, Beirut :Only a few residents of Syria’s Aleppo were able to leave encircled opposition-held districts through humanitarian corridors before rebels prevented them from fleeing,...

PTI, Guwahati :Union home minister Rajnath Singh is in Assam to take stock of the damage caused by the ongoing floods, which have so far...

BBC Online :Turkey’s president has said he is withdrawing all lawsuits against people charged with insulting him.Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was inspired by the...

AP, Washington :The United States on Friday expressed concern over the violence in India-held Kashmir, saying the Obama administration was in close touch with Indian...

AP, Philadelphia :Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, an experienced leader steeled for a...

AFP, Kathmandu :Floods and landslides in Nepal and India have killed more than 90 people in recent days, with at least two million residents forced...