AFP, PARIS: The French government announced plans Saturday to extend a national state of emergency until after elections next year, citing a heightened risk of jihadist attacks coinciding with polls. The security measures—in force since attacks in Paris that killed 130 people in November 2015…

The ruling AIADMK said on Saturday its senior functionaries have urged Sasikala Natarajan, the aide of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to lead the party “on the path shown by Puratchi Thalaivi Amma”, reports The Hindustan Times.The announcement on Twitter has come amid speculations…

AFP, BANJUL, Gambia: Gambia’s leader of some 22 years Yahya Jammeh announced late Friday he would no longer accept defeat in recent elections, plunging the West African country into turmoil with a demand for fresh polls.Investigations into the December 1 vote have revealed a string of “unacceptable…

AFP, JERUSALEM: Israel will Monday receive its first F-35 stealth fighter jets, hailed as technological marvels whose helmets alone cost more than most…

AFP, JAKARTA: Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an official said Saturday, leaving communities in ruins as aid trickled into the disaster-stricken province.“We have 45,300 people evacuating in several places…

AFP, KANO: Two female suicide bombers on Friday killed 45 people and wounded 33 others when they detonated their explosives in a crowded market in Nigeria’s restive northeast, the emergency service said The army had earlier put the death toll at 30.“From our updated records we have 45 dead…

AFP, NEW DELHI: Nine people died after an under-construction building collapsed in southern India but a four-year-old boy and his mother were pulled alive from the rubble, police said Saturday. The seven-storey building where labourers and their families lived in the basement came crashing down late…