BANGKOK: Thailand’s generals took centre stage on Monday at a ceremony blessing the start of construction of an enormous funeral…

RIO DE JANEIRO: A huge float carried by a truck at the Rio de Janeiro samba parade struck several people, causing…

ROME: Pope Francis attended a service at the All Saints’ Church in Rome on Sunday, becoming the first pontiff in…

Two countries announce full restoration of military ties following brief spat

TEHRAN: Iran’s ex-president Mahmud Ahmadinejad published yesterday an open letter to Donald Trump, welcoming his criticism of the US political…

WASHINGTON: An Egyptian-born French Jewish scholar on his way to a Texas university was nearly deported recently from the United…

TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has decided to run for re-election in May, the vice-president for parliamentary affairs said yesterday,…

LONDON: Islamic State militants are planning ‘indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians’ in Britain on a scale similar to those staged…