CHICAGO: A simple childish spat over a puppy led an 11-year-old boy to shoot and kill his eight-year-old neighbor in…

CAIRO: Divided over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, Arab countries have kept silent over Russian air strikes in Syria,…

BEIJING: Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has posted photos on his Instagram account that suggest listening devices were planted in…

Former HK leader insists ‘conscience is clear’, released on US$13,000 bail HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s former leader Donald Tsang, who…

SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala: At least 131 people were killed in mudslides that smashed into a village outside Guatemala City,…

STOCKHOLM: Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and China’s Youyou Tu won the Nobel Medicine Prize yesterday for their…

KABUL: Pressure mounted on Washington yesterday to come clean over the apparent US airstrike on an Afghan hospital that killed…

ATLANTA, Georgia (US): Twelve Pacific rim countries sealed the deal yesterday on creating the world’s largest free trade area, delivering…