Unidentified substance leaves former Russian Cold War double agent and daughter ill in Britain SALISBURY, United Kingdom: British police raced…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met senior South Korean government officials for the first time and said it…

WASHINGTON: Wreckage from the USS Lexington, a US aircraft carrier which sank during World War II, has been discovered in…

LONDON: Since ancient times, poisoning has been a favoured method of bumping off political adversaries, with historians still debating if…

PARIS: Sexual harassment on French streets or in public transport will be punished by a new on-the-spot fine of 90…

MOSCOW: A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria yesterday, killing all 32 people on board, Russian news agencies quoted…

MOSCOW/BEIRUT: The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a deal by which…

TEHRAN: Iran rebuffed French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s calls to curb its missile programme after a day of tense…