WASHINGTON: The United States announced it was halting funding for the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees Friday after declaring…

MOSCOW: The Kremlin warned yesterday that the assassination of east Ukraine’s main separatist leader was a provocation that would undermine…

WASHINGTON: When John McCain’s flag-draped casket was carried into the US Capitol Friday, among those honoring the senator was a…

YANGON: A stranded vessel empty of crew and goods that was found in Myanmar’s waters this week was being towed…

MANILA/JERUSALEM: When Rodrigo Duterte makes the first visit to Israel by a president of the Philippines next week, officials on…

KATHMANDU: Human rights were kept firmly off the agenda at a seven-nation Asian summit that ended Friday, though activists managed…

DONETSK, Ukraine: Rebel authorities in east Ukraine have detained several suspects and declared three days of mourning after the assassination…

DONETSK, Ukraine: Alexander Zakharchenko, who was killed in an explosion in the self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s republic on Friday, had led…