AFP, ISTANBU: Turkey on Friday claimed that Uzbekistan’s ailing President Islam Karimov, who has ruled the ex-Soviet nation for over two decades, had died but there was no confirmation from Uzbek authorities. “Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died. May Allah rest him in peace,” Prime…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Melania Trump, the wife of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, on Thursday sued two media outlets that alleged she worked as an escort in the 1990s. Filed in a Maryland court, the suit is against Mail Media, Inc. which publishes the Daily Mail Online, and Webster G. Tarpley,…

AFP, MOADIMAYET AL-SHAM: More than 300 Syrians living in a rebel held town near Damascus were evacuated on Friday under a deal with the government, state media reported. The agreement between the regime and the rebels had already seen thousands of civilians and opposition fighters leave the town of…

AFP, MIAMI: Hurricane Hermine swept onto Florida’s Gulf coast early Friday with winds and heavy rain causing flooding and cutting power to tens of thousands of people, with officials warning of “life threatening” conditions. The Category One storm made landfall around 1:30 am local…

AFP, SHANGHAI: Brazil has turned a page on years of crisis, the country’s new leader Michel Temer said Friday as he made his international presidential debut in China only a day after being sworn in to replace Dilma Rousseff following a bitter impeachment fight.“Even though we suffered from…

AFP, BAGHDAD: At least four people were killed and 16 wounded on Friday when blasts, including at a weapons storage facility, rocked northeastern neighbourhoods of Baghdad, security sources said. Accounts of the incident differed and it was not immediately clear whether the blasts were accidental or…

AFP, VATICAN CITY: Mother Teresa, the revered but controversial nun whose work with the dying and the destitute made her an icon of 20th Century Christianity,…