International

AFP, Baghdad :Iraqi protesters had been rallying against government incompetence, poor public services and foreign meddling for months before a novel coronavirus outbreak. Then the...

AFP, Karaj :A lab-coated technician leans over a bioreactor at an Iranian pharmaceutical plant producing cancer drugs – a tall order since equipment imports fell...

AFP, Seoul :North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, the South’s military said, weeks after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate...

AP, Beirut :Syrian government forces and their allies retook early Monday a key northwestern town days after losing it to rebel forces, pro-government media and...

AFP, Brussels :With Brexit “done” as far as London is concerned, UK and EU negotiators on Monday begin talks aimed at forging a future relationship-while...

AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka’s new president is set to dissolve parliament shortly and call snap a legislative election six months ahead of schedule, a state-run...

AFP, Paris :The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in...

Reuters, Kabul :Afghan President Ashraf Ghani rejected a Taliban demand for the release of 5,000 prisoners as a condition for talks with the Afghan government...

AFP, Columbia :Former vice president Joe Biden notched up a resounding win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, reviving his campaign for the Democratic...

AP, Oxon Hill :President Donald Trump said Saturday that his “journey” in the nation’s highest office would have been a failure had he not be...