TEHRAN: Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday started a landmark visit to Tehran focused on mending fences between…

JERUSALEM: Rocket fire from Gaza and Syria hit Israel yesterday in two separate incidents that prompted the Israeli military to…

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is doubling down in the fight against climate change. With Congress refusing to budge, he…

KABUL: US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday an operation to free soldier Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for Taliban prisoners…

MIAMI: The grandson of famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau began a potentially record-breaking 31-day underwater stint off the US coast…

SOFIA: A 100-year-old beggar in a threadbare coat, ‘Grandpa’ Dobri, is already celebrated as a saint in Bulgaria — a…

LONDON: Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Monday called for a shake-up of the European Union following the dramatic…

KIEV: A fierce battle was underway on Monday in Ukraine’s rebellious east after a pro-Russian militia attacked a Ukrainian border…