NICOSIA: An Egyptian man who hijacked a plane and forced it to be diverted to Cyprus did so to draw…

KIEV: Ukraine’s state security service said yesterday a French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been…

SYDNEY: Giant waves, cyclone-strength winds and torrential rain swept three people to their deaths on Australia’s east coast yesterday after…

KABUL: Accolades poured in yesterday for veteran American reporter David Gilkey and an Afghan reporter killed in southern Afghanistan when…

SYDNEY: A Sydney scientist has discovered seven new species of the tiny Australian peacock spider – a spectacularly coloured, three-millimetre…

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said China and the US needed to trust each other more as both sides sought to…

GENEVA: UN rights experts on Monday urged the Philippines’ president elect Rodrigo Duterte to stop instigating deadly violence, especially against…