NEW YORK: An incredibly rare 19th century postage stamp, a tiny one-cent magenta from British colonial Guyana, sold for a…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called yesterday for concrete help for millions of refugee families around the world and sent his…

TOKYO: Japan’s parliament voted yesterday to outlaw possession of child pornography after years of international calls for a crackdown, but…

KIEV: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko held talks on Tuesday over a possible ceasefire in…

WASHINGTON: US commandos have captured the suspected ringleader of a deadly 2012 attack on an American compound in the Libyan…

Lawyers for accused argue that once rescuers had reached the listing vessel, the crew’s job is over GWANGJU, South Korea:…

BAGHDAD: Militants pushed a weeklong offensive that has overrun swathes of Iraq to within 60 kilometres of Baghdad yesterday, as…