JAKARTA: The distribution of fake rice that is believed to have been manufactured from mixed plastic and chemicals is a…

MOSCOW: Moscow’s town hall announced Thursday that it would not allow a Gay Pride march in the Russian capital that activists…

BEIRUT: Jihadists from the Islamic State group seized the last Syrian regime-controlled crossing on the border with Iraq late Thursday, a…

KIEV: Two Russians captured by Ukrainian forces during a firefight in the ex-Soviet state’s separatist east have admitted to serving…

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday ruled out helping resettle the wave of migrants fleeing to Southeast Asia, saying…

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Three gunmen were killed in violent clashes with Indonesian security forces in Aceh, police said yesterday, jolting…

JAKARTA: Indonesia has sunk 41 foreign boats across the archipelago, reports said yesterday, as part of an ongoing push to…

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has described the loss of key Iraqi territory to Islamic State as a tactical setback,…