LONDON: Far-right views should always be condemned and there could be no equivalence with opponents of fascism, British Prime Minister Theresa May said…

 BEIJING: The head of the US military said during a visit to Beijing that it was increasingly urgent for China to step up pressure on North Korea,…

FREETOWN: Concern shifted Wednesday to the estimated 600 people still missing and thousands made homeless in Sierra Leone by deadly floods in the capital, as aid groups scrambled to coordinate a response, reports AFP. The United Nations said Tuesday it was evaluating humanitarian needs in Sierra Leone,…

London: An Indian woman in the southern state of Telangana says she is being "socially ostracised" because she supported a farmer from the Dalit (formerly untouchable) community, reports BBC. Sama Indira, 50, from the upper caste Reddys, says her community association has imposed a fine of…

ANKARA: Turkey warned Wednesday that plans by the leadership in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold a referendum on independence could lead to civil war, in Ankara's strongest warning yet against next month's poll, reports AFP. "In that country (Iraq), which has been through so…

KANO: Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82, local sources said, reports AFP. The attack -- the latest in a string of assaults in the troubled region -- took place in the town of…

SAMARRA: Islamic State group suicide bombers killed seven members of Iraq's security forces in an attack on an Iraqi police and army base Wednesday in Baiji, north of Baghdad, the interior ministry and a local official said, reports AFP. "Five Daesh suicide bombers... wearing explosive belts…