AFP, LONDON: Net migration to Britain has hit record levels, official figures showed yesterday, with the difference between migrants leaving and arriving in Britain rising to 329,000 in the year to March. “The net migration figure was a statistically significant increase from 236,000 in year ending…

AFP, SRINAGAR, India: Soldiers killed four suspected rebels and captured another during a day-long gun battle in Indian Kashmir near the border dividing the region between India and Pakistan, a defence spokesman said yesterday. Soldiers detected the group of militants in Uri, 100 kilometres (62 miles)…

AFP, VIENNA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Balkan leaders gathered in Vienna yesterday to seek how to tackle together the biggest migration crisis…

AFP, BEIJING: Chinese police have arrested 12 people over giant explosions that killed at least 145 people and devastated a swathe of a Chinese port city, state media said yesterday as prosecutors probe 11 officials for neglecting their duties. The official Xinhua news agency said the dozen formally…

AFP, KIEV: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels yesterday reported the death of eight people in fresh clashes that erupted despite ongoing talks on a new truce agreement for the separatist east. Government spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said seven Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and 13 injured in fighting…