AFP, MOSCOW: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apologised to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Ankara’s downing of a Russian military jet last year that shattered ties, the Kremlin said Monday. “The head of the Turkish state in his message expressed his sympathy and deepest…

AFP, AL-QAA, Lebanon: A string of suicide bombings early Monday killed at least five people in a Lebanese village near the volatile border with war-ravaged Syria. The attack came just hours after the Islamic State group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb that killed seven soldiers on…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Ten people were wounded after a stabbing spree broke out during a neo-Nazi rally Sunday at California’s state capitol building, officials said. The white supremacist rally was met by counter-protesters, Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Chris Harvey told AFP. One female…

AFP, KIEV: Ukraine on Monday launched joint military exercises with the United States and a string of other NATO countries as tensions with Moscow remain high over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in the country’s east. The annual Rapid Trident military exercises, taking place in the western Ukrainian…

AFP, NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed a party colleague for “inappropriate” personal attacks on popular central bank chief Raghuram Rajan which are thought to have contributed to his departure. Modi also said he appreciated Rajan’s work, just over one…

AFP, Jerusalem: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Israelis and Palestinians not to allow extremists on either side to fan violence, as he arrived as…

AFP, OSLO: A court in Norway on Monday refused to provide assurances to US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden that he would not be extradited if he visits the country to accept an award in November. Snowden, who has been living in exile in Russia since 2013 after revealing widespread US foreign…