JAKARTA: Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury yesterday after Jakarta defied their pleas and…

Despite rain, Filipinos famous for practising passionate brand of Catholicism, turn out in joyous mood

MANILA: Six million people turned out to see Pope Francis celebrate mass in the Philippine capital yesterday, the head of…

NANTERRE, France: Cherif Kouachi, one of the two brothers who killed 12 people in an attack on France’s Charlie Hebdo…

BEIRUT: The Syrian wing of al-Qaeda, the Nusra Front, said it shot down an army cargo plane filled with food and…

JAKARTA: Caught in stormy weather, the pilot of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 requested to climb to a higher altitude but was…

TRIPOLI: Assailants lobbed a bag packed with explosives at the Algerian embassy in the Libyan capital on Saturday (Jan 17),…

PARIS: A violent mob torched at least three churches in Niger’s capital Niamey on Saturday (Jan 17) during fresh protests…