London: Israel is to accelerate the building of a huge barrier along its boundary with Gaza aimed at preventing militants from tunnelling under the border,…

Angelina Jolie saw it as a fresh start. Following her September 2016 filing for divorce from Brad Pitt, she and their six children spent nine months living…

LONDON: Around 700,000 eggs implicated in a Dutch insecticide scandal have been distributed in Britain in processed food, authorities said Thursday, while playing down the risk to public health, reports AFP. "It is likely that the number of eggs that have come to the UK is closer to 700,000 than…

NAIROBI: Kenya nervously awaited Thursday the final results of its presidential election, with the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta holding a strong lead after…

TOKYO: A suspected World War II bomb was found Thursday on the premises of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, an official said, with police called in to investigate, reports AFP. The 85-centimetre (2.9 foot) long object, believed to be an unexploded bomb dropped by the United States during…

DUBAI: At least five migrants drowned and 50 went missing Thursday when smugglers forced 180 Africans off a boat bound for Yemen, a day after a similar incident left 50 dead, the International Organization for Migration said, reports AFP. Twenty-five people were being treated for injuries on a Yemeni…