AFP, DENPASAR, Indonesia: An explosion on a speedboat in Bali left two foreigners dead and 18 other tourists injured Thursday, sparking dramatic scenes as rescuers rushed to haul stunned and bloodied holidaymakers off the vessel. Dazed passengers, many covered in cuts and bruises, were taken to medical…

AFP, BRUSSELS: NATO and Russia on Thursday held high-level talks on risk reduction and transparency to avoid any misunderstandings, after a series of close shaves, the US-led alliance said in a statement. As NATO embarks on its biggest build-up since the end of the Cold War to counter a more assertive…

AFP, Washington/Barberton: Hillary Clinton hits the campaign trail once again yesterday after trying to put aside a badly handled health scare that rattled…

AFP, MANILA: Rodrigo Duterte shot dead a justice department employee and ordered the murder of opponents, a former death squad member told parliament Thursday, in explosive allegations against the Philippine president. The self-described assassin told a Senate hearing that he and a group of policemen…

The United States has signed a record $38bn deal to provide Israel with military assistance over a 10-year period - the largest such agreement ever by the US with any country, reports Al Jazeera. Following 10 months of frequently tense negotiations, the two allies finalised the memorandum of understanding…

AFP, NEW YORK: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union launched a campaign Wednesday to push President Barack Obama to pardon Edward Snowden, the fugitive intelligence whistleblower living in Russia. High-profile lawyers and celebrities including writer Joyce…

AFP, MULTAN: At least four people were killed and more than 100 injured when two trains collided in central Pakistan early Thursday, officials said. The accident occurred when the Karachi-bound “Awam Express” passenger train rammed into a goods train that had stopped after running over a…