BERLIN: The top brass of the German military has ordered an inspection of all of its barracks after discovering Nazi-era memorabilia at two of them, the defence ministry said Sunday, reports AFP. "The inspector general of the Bundeswehr (Germany's armed forces) has ordered an inspection of…

OTTAWA: Waterlogged parts of eastern Canada were hit with more rain early Sunday, as freshly deployed troops helped evacuate residents ahead of peak flooding expected in the coming days, reports AFP. Torrential rains combined with runoff from melting snow have caused rivers to overflow their banks,…

London: Pope Francis has criticised the naming of the US military's largest non-nuclear explosive ever used in combat as "the mother of all bombs",…

TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani faced angry protests from victims' families on Sunday when he visited the site of a mine accident that claimed dozens of lives, two weeks ahead of an election, reports AFP. Local news agencies showed family members shouting at the president and hitting…

KUNDUZ: Hundreds of Afghan families have fled fighting between the Taliban and government forces near the northern city of Kunduz as the insurgents captured a strategic district soon after launching their annual spring offensive, reports AFP. The militants began their assault on the Qala-e-Zal district…

SEOUL: North Korea announced Sunday it had detained a US citizen for "hostile acts" -- its second arrest in a fortnight of an American as tensions rise between Pyongyang and Washington, reports AFP. Kim Hak Song was detained on Saturday, the state news agency KCNA reported. "A relevant…

Kathmandu: Family and supporters honored Sunday the 85-year-old climber who died attempting to regain his title as the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, while Nepali officials stressed the need to limit the age for such a daunting physical challenge, reports AP. The death of Min Bahadur Sherchan…

New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal's government in the Indian capital has plunged into a crisis as a minister he fired over the weekend accuses him of accepting 20 million rupees ($300,000) in cash as a bribe, reports AP. There was no immediate comment from Kejriwal on Sunday. But…