PARIS: Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the internationally-recognised government in Tripoli, angrily denounced France Wednesday for supporting rival Khalifa Haftar, underlining the growing
KHARTOUM: Sudanese protest leaders Wednesday mounted pressure on the country’s military council by calling for a million people to march to demand power be handed
MADRID: A man suspected of making hoax bomb threats, including to a Madrid skyscraper that houses several embassies, has been arrested, police said Wednesday. The
ACCRA: Ghana launched on Wednesday a fleet of airborne drones carrying medical supplies to remote areas, with President Nana Akufo-Addo declaring it would become the
NASA detects likely tremor on Mars NASA’s robotic probe InSight has detected and measured what scientists believe to be a “marsquake”, marking the first time
TOKYO: Japan’s Heisei era, which began when Emperor Akihito inherited the throne on Jan 7, 1989, and ends when he abdicates on April 30, saw
WELLINGTON: In the wake of the Christchurch attack, New Zealand said on Wednesday that it would work with France in an effort to stop social
BEIJING: China is expected to promote a recalibrated version of its Belt and Road initiative at a summit of heads of state this week in
COLOMBO: Piyasri Gunasena rarely digs more than one grave a day at the Madampitiya cemetery in Sri Lanka’s capital. On Tuesday, two days after the deadly
COLOMBO: The Islamic State group on Tuesday said it was behind a devastating string of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed
