AFP, WASHINGTON: For anyone who might like to see Michelle Obama run for president as a Democrat, it’s time to rein in that early enthusiasm. Or…

AFP, SRINAGAR: Seven Indian soldiers were killed after militants disguised as policemen stormed a major army base near the frontier with Pakistan on Tuesday, as tensions between the two neighbours ran high after weeks of cross-border firing. Four suspected militants were also killed in the stand-off…

AFP, NEELUM VALLEY, Pakistan: Residents in Pakistani Kashmir are racing to build underground bunkers for the first time since the 1990s, frightened by…

AFP, HAVANA: The ashes of Fidel Castro begin a four-day journey across Cuba Wednesday to his final resting place, retracing the late communist leader’s revolution victory tour of 1959. The “caravan of freedom” will leave from Havana, making symbolic stops along the 950-kilometer (590-mile)…

AFP, BAGHDAD: Up to 500,000 civilians in Mosul face a “catastrophic” drinking water shortage as Iraqi forces advance on the Islamic State group in the city, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. “Nearly half a million civilians, already struggling to feed themselves day to day, are…

AFP, RIYADH: An outspoken billionaire Saudi prince wants an “urgent” end to his country’s ban on women driving, saying overturning the law was a matter of women’s rights and economic necessity. “Stop the debate: Time for women to drive,” Prince Alwaleed bin Talal…

AFP, KOLKATA: Three army officers were killed Wednesday after their five-seater Cheetah helicopter crashed while landing in eastern India, a defence official said. Another officer was seriously injured in the crash that occurred in a military camp in West Bengal’s Sukna district, a spokeswoman…