A US drone killed three suspected militants in an attack on a compound in Pakistan’s tribal region yesterday, officials said, in the first strike since President Donald Trump vowed to crack down on the country, reports AFP from Peshwar. Pakistani officials said the strike took place in remote…

MONTREAL: Some 30 environment ministers will push forward on the Paris climate accord at a meeting Saturday requested by Canada, China and the European Union, reports AFP from Montreal. With more than half of G20 members attending—representing most of the world’s largest economies—“this…

Despite setbacks on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq the Islamic State group retains a “solid base of dedicated supporters” online, Europe’s policing agency warned yesterday, reports AFP from The Hague. Jihadist groups are also now using smaller internet platforms and forums to spread…

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s cabinet was forced to resign Friday after losing a vote of confidence in the opposition-controlled Congress, reports AFP from Lima. The single-chamber legislature is dominated by the Popular Force party, led by Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of ex-president…

Sri Lankan police yesterday found the body of a 24-year-old British journalist, Paul McClean, who is suspected to have been killed by a crocodile, reports AFP from Colombo. Divers found McClean’s corpse in the mud of a lagoon in the coastal village of Panama, 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of…

After 20 years in space, NASA’s famed Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge into Saturn yesterday, ending a storied mission that scientists…

East Timor swore in a new government yesterday, led by a returning prime minister who experts say will need to wean the country off its reliance on oil…