BOGOTA: Right-wing parties opposed to a peace deal with the FARC won historic elections in Colombia Sunday but fell short…

DHAKA: Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia is set to be released from jail after a court yesterday granted her bail,…

VALPARA SO, Chile: Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in Sunday to his second term as president of Chile, replacing…

TOKYO: Japan’s finance minister admitted yesterday that official documents related to a favouritism scandal dogging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s democracy camp failed to claw back all their lost seats yesterday in controversial by-elections as the…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration will step up aid to states that want to arm school employees under a plan…

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin’s paternal grandfather worked as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the president said in…

BRUSSELS: The European Union said it had extended sanctions against Russia, imposed over the annexation of Crimea and supporting rebels…