BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Burundi’s parliamentary polls scheduled Friday will be postponed until a new date is set by the electoral commission,…

NEW YORK: A 26-year-old security guard shot dead by police and the FBI in Boston planned to behead American police…

RIGA: Latvia’s parliament on Wednesday elected Defence Minister Raimonds Vejonis as the Baltic state’s new president, making him the 28-member…

VIENNA (AFP) – The OPEC cartel, which meets on output this week, appears to have changed its approach to US shale oil…

UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES): Russia backs moves to determine who is responsible for a wave of chlorine gas attacks in…

14 people rescued, 18 bodies recovered and more than 400 still missing from capsized ship

SEOUL: More than 200 primary schools shut down yesterday as South Korea struggled to contain an outbreak of the MERS…

TOKYO: Japan is looking at installing toilets in elevators and providing an emergency supply of drinking water for people trapped…