AP, Kathmandu:  Tens of thousands of students held hands, waved banners and chanted slogans in Nepal’s capital Friday to protest against a border blockade that has caused severe shortages of fuel and an increase in food prices in the Himalayan country. The students lined the Ring Road which…

AFP, LONDON: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday sought to ease tensions with Moscow over the downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border, calling for unity against the Islamic State group. “While the measures to defend our territory will remain in place, Turkey will work with…

AFP, ANKARA: At least six children drowned on Friday in two separate incidents when their boats sank off Turkey while trying to make the risky crossing to Greece, state media reported. A first boat loaded with 55 Syrian and Afghan migrants sank in strong winds and high waves in the Aegean after setting…

AFP, LONDON: Top figures in Britain’s main opposition Labour Party heaped criticism on their leader Jeremy Corbyn on Friday after he ruled out voting for the Royal Air Force to join air strikes in Syria. One member of the shadow cabinet, speaking anonymously to the right-leaning Daily Telegraph,…

AFP, Valletta: Queen Elizabeth II opened the 2015 Commonwealth summit yesterday with a colourful ceremony attended by world leaders gathered for pressing talks on climate change. The monarch, dressed in an aqua blue coat with pink flowers adorning her trademark hat, was serenaded by a harp as she arrived…