RAMLA: Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was freed from prison on Sunday after being granted parole from a 27-month sentence for corruption scandals that brought down his promising political career, reports AFP. Olmert, the country's first former premier to serve jail time, did not speak to…

London: Revellers, police and some protesters converged on Canada's national capital on Saturday for a party that has been years in the planning, reports BBC. Canada marked its 150th anniversary as a country in towns, cities and at backyard barbecues nationwide. But the biggest bash was at Parliament…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of soldiers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds as the country battles the spread of deadly dengue fever that has killed a record 215 people this year, officials said Sunday, reports AFP. Humid monsoon weather, stagnant water from recent flooding, as well as mounting…

SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-In is returning from an official visit to Washington with two ancient royal seals looted during the Korean War,…

CARACAS: Four protesters were killed in the Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto according to officials on Saturday, who said the number of people who have…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump defended his aggressive use of Twitter on Saturday just hours after firing off his latest volley in his escalating feud with US media, reports AFP. Following an early morning Twitter tirade at CNN, NBC and a morning show host he taunted as "dumb as a rock,"…