AFP, NEW DELHI: The Delhi women’s minister has been sacked after a ‘sex video’ showing him kissing two women was leaked to the media,…

AFP, MARANELLO, Italy: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Wednesday to step up efforts to send migrants with…

AFP,  WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton has never been so disliked by Americans. That’s according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll published Wednesday, a little more than two months before she faces voters at the ballot box. Despite being ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump in surveys…

AFP, LONDON: Twice as many British people support a ban on women wearing a burqa than oppose one, with a majority also in favour of outlawing the burkini, according to a poll published Thursday. Some 57 percent of the 1,668 adults polled by YouGov said they supported “a law that bans people from…

AFP, RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: Pakistan’s military on Thursday admitted for the first time that the Islamic State group had a presence in the country but said it had apprehended hundreds of its militants and prevented them from carrying out major attacks. The army’s spokesman Lieutenant General…

AFP, BEIRUT: Syrian opposition fighters have seized several areas in a rapid advance against government forces in central Hama province, prompting a wave of regime air strikes, a monitor said Thursday. At least 25 civilians, including children, were killed in the strikes early Thursday as fighting raged…

AFP, LIBREVILLE: Gabon’s opposition leader said security forces killed two people and hurt 19 in a raid against his headquarters Thursday, as violence erupted after President Ali Bongo was declared the winner of disputed polls. Thousands of angry protesters poured onto the streets of Libreville…