MANILA: United States special forces are providing support to the Philippine military battling to dislodge Islamist militants in a southern…

CANBERRA: Terror experts in Australia on Saturday raised concerns that plans for a new, high-security prison specifically for those…

GLASGOW: Scotland’s leader Nicola Sturgeon on Friday promised to “reflect” on major losses for her Scottish National Party in…

BEIJING: Online peddlers of celebrity gossip have fallen foul of China’s new cybersecurity law, with officials ordering internet companies…

LUXEMBOURG: EU countries on Friday backed a proposal to adopt new security checks for Europe’s borderless Schengen area, in…

BEIRUT: Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a…

MANILA: The Philippine military yesterday asked Facebook to close dozens of accounts linked to Islamist militants who attacked a southern…

TOKYO: Japan’s parliament passed a law yesterday that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, in…