COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not stung during his upcoming visit, reports AFP. Police in Hatton, 125 kilometres (78 miles) east of Colombo, hired a private company to remove the wasps…

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned Russia could defeat any aggressors but insisted that the world come together to fight "terrorism" as Moscow marked 72 years since victory in World War II, reports AFP. Soldiers and military hardware paraded across Red Square in Moscow as the…

JAKARTA: Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock decision that has stoked…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump insisted there is no evidence he colluded with Russia after a Senate hearing that highlighted warnings that his former national security advisor was vulnerable to Russian blackmail, reports AFP.With the issue of the president's ties to Moscow back in the spotlight,…

London: A new haul of ancient human remains has been described from an important cave site in South Africa, reports BBC.The finds, including a well-preserved…

PARIS: Incoming French president Emmanuel Macron was starting to build his centrist government Tuesday, with his former Socialist boss jockeying for position…