Australian premier Abbott orders urgent inquiry into circumstances surrounding tragedy

SYDNEY: Australian police are conducting raids across Sydney, officials said on Thursday, though the operation is not related to a…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Taliban gunmen who stormed a school in northwest Pakistan toyed with captive students by suggesting some could be…

PARIS: People around the world lived on average to a ripe old age of 71.5 in 2013, up from 65.3…

NAHYAT AL-AYADHIYA (IRAQ): Kurdish forces backed by foreign jets pressed an ambitious operation against the Islamic State group in northern…

TOKYO: At least three people have died in heavy snow that has blanketed swathes of Japan, reports said Thursday (Dec…

ABUJA: A Nigerian military court on Wednesday (Dec 17) sentenced 54 soldiers to death for mutiny after they refused to…

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood studio Sony Pictures on Wednesday (Dec 17) abruptly cancelled the Dec 25 release date of “The Interview,”…