AFP, ROSEBURG, United States: A visibly angry President Barack Obama has made an impassioned plea for gun control after a shooting at an Oregon college left 10 dead and seven wounded, saying such tragedies had become “routine”. In the close-knit community of Roseburg, large crowds turned…

AFP, BERLIN: Germans are growing increasingly uneasy over the record influx of migrants coming to their country, costing Chancellor Angela Merkel voter support, a poll Friday indicated. More than half -- 51 percent—of respondents said the arrival of so many newcomers at once made them fearful,…

AFP, PARIS: The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine meet in Paris on Friday to consolidate a fragile peace in Ukraine, with the conflict overshadowed by President Vladimir Putin’s dramatic intervention in the Syrian war. Fighting has all but stopped in separatist eastern Ukraine and…

AFP, UNITED NATIONS: North Korea’s foreign minister told the United Nations on Thursday that a peace treaty was urgently needed to prevent a repeat of the military standoff that rattled Asia two months ago. Tensions soared on the Korean peninsula in August following a rare exchange of cross-border…

FP, JAKARTA: The forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia are on track to become the worst on record, NASA has warned, in a crisis that has seen thousands of people seek medical treatment, flights grounded, and schools closed. Malaysia, Singapore and large expanses of Indonesia have suffered for weeks…

AFP, STOCKHOLM: German Chancellor Angela Merkel could win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, a media report said Friday, amid speculation her response to Europe’s migrant crisis could be recognised by the prestigious jury next week. Ahead of the Nobel prize season beginning on Monday, Germany’s…