AFP, KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Saturday received 68 Syrian refugees including 31 children out of a total of 3,000 it hopes to allow into the predominantly Muslim country with hundreds more expected soon. Last December, the Southeast Asian country accepted the first batch of 11 Syrian migrants who had…

AFP, UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is deeply disappointed by a UN decision to deny the Committee to Protect Journalists special status at the world body, his spokesman said Friday. A UN committee voted on Thursday to reject the press freedom watchdog’s request for accreditation…

AFP, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to undergo open heart surgery in London on Tuesday, his second major cardiac medical procedure in five years, his daughter said.The 66-year-old premier is expected to stay in hospital for around a week after the procedure to recover before…

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged newly-elected lawmakers Saturday to resist “schemes” from the West as parliamentarians met in Tehran for the first time since elections finished in April. “The turbulent state of the region and the world and the…

AFP, MIAMI: NASA will try again Saturday to inflate an add-on room at the International Space Station, after the first attempt ran into problems due to…