UNITED NATIONS: The United States submitted a new North Korean sanctions resolution to the UN Security Council, toning down its demands less than 24 hours before a vote due Monday, diplomats said, as it sought to bring China and Russia on board, reports AFP. Washington has led the international drive…

BERLIN: Two more German citizens are believed to have been arrested in Turkey, the foreign ministry in Berlin said Monday, adding that a travel warning could follow if the detentions continue, reports AFP. Foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer told reporters it had "specific indications"…

LONDON: MPs hold their first vote Monday on a bill to end Britain's membership of the EU, which ministers say will avoid a "chaotic" Brexit but has been condemned as an unprecedented power grab, reports AFP. The legislation would repeal on Brexit day the 1972 law through which Britain…

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: A foreign physiotherapist working for the Red Cross in northern Afghanistan was shot and killed Monday by a wheelchair-bound patient, in the latest attack on the international charity, reports AFP. The woman was shot inside the aid group's orthopaedic centre in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif,…

MIAMI: Hurricane Irma, which has toppled cranes, swallowed streets and left millions without power, was starting to weaken on Monday while still pummeling…

GENEVA: Qatar's foreign minister on Monday slammed the "illegal" blockade against his country, insisting it was aimed at forcing it into a "state of trusteeship", reports AFP. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani decried…