PARIS: “Fake news” has rarely been out of the news since Donald Trump’s unlikely election to the White House. Rarely…

LONDON: The rise of fake news has been a hot topic in Britain this year, with the MP leading a…

DEHRADUN (INDIA): An Indian court has recognised Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as “legal persons” in an effort to curb…

GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Hamas will allow foreign UN and Red Cross workers to leave Gaza, the Islamist movement ruling…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said he will get down to some ‘very serious business’ with his Chinese counterpart…

DUBAI: Iran rejected an allegation by US Defence Secretary James Mattis that it was ‘the primary exporter of terrorism’ and…

KUNMING: Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have identified a novel fungus capable of degrading polyurethane (PU) plastics,…

DHAKA: Three people including a woman were killed when Bangladesh security forces stormed an Islamist militant hideout yesterday, police said,…