BEIJING: The sending-off ceremony of two long-awaited giant pandas, Fengyi (female) and Fuwa (male), is expected to take place before…

Swiss surrealist designer Hans Ruedi Giger, who won an Oscar for the monster he created for Ridley Scott’s “Alien”, has…

The Gambia has lifted a ban on flights from Liberia and Sierra Leone imposed at the peak of the Ebola…

US president to work closely with new Indian govt as Hindu nationalist forecasted to pull off crushing victory NEW DELHI:…

BEIJING: China accused the United States yesterday of emboldening Asian nations in their territorial disputes with Beijing, as diplomatic exchanges…

LAGOS: Manned US aircraft were flying over Nigeria yesterday, searching for over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists after…

LEON, Spain: Spanish police arrested a mother and daughter suspected of shooting dead a ruling party politician in broad daylight…

KIEV, Ukraine: The EU was intensifying diplomatic efforts yesterday to get Ukraine’s leadership and pro-Moscow rebels to the negotiating table,…