QINGDAO, China: China showed off its new aircraft carrier to US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on yesterday, allowing him a…

BEIJING: The governor of China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang wrote yesterday that Islamist militants were trying to ban…

SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called yesterday for tighter vigilance against North Korea, days after its leader Kim Jong-Un…

KIGALI: Solemn commemorations marking the 20th anniversary of Rwanda’s genocide yesterday bore reminders of a festering anger as a major…

KIEV: Ukraine’s embattled prime minister yesterday accused Russia of trying to “dismember” his country by plotting seizures of government buildings…

WASHINGTON: The controversy over a “selfie” photo of President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz now is in the…

PRETORIA: Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius began their defence case yesterday, which should see the star athlete take the stand, and…

LONDON: Three women from the United Arab Emirates were in hospital yesterday after being savagely attacked in their room at…