SEOUL: Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak has admitted receiving US$100,000 from the state spy agency while still in office,…

BEIRUT: Syria’s lacerating conflict entered its eighth year yesterday with the country riven by international power struggles, as Turkey encircled…

WASHINGTON: From Washington to Los Angeles, students walked out of US classrooms Wednesday in the largest grassroots protest against gun…

JAKARTA: Indonesians could be jailed for criticising national politicians under a new law which came into force yesterday, in what…

NAIROBI: Kenya’s Parliament, at a joint session of the Senate and the National Assembly, has unanimously endorsed thes truce announced…

MOSCOW/LONDON: Russia will soon expel British diplomats in retaliation for Britain’s decision to kick out 23 Russian envoys over a…

SINGAPORE: The eye-watering cost of owning a car in space-starved Singapore means the city state is the world’s most expensive…

Toys ‘R’ Us said late Wednesday it will liquidate all of its US stores, heralding the end of what had…