London: Sri Lankan authorities have admitted in a Dutch documentary that thousands of babies born there were fraudulently sold for adoption abroad in the 1980s, reports BBC. Up to 11,000 children may have been sold to European families, with both parties being given fake documents. Some were reportedly…

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader on Thursday lashed out against US President Donald Trump describing the speech he delivered at the UN this week as full of "gangster and cowboy" rhetoric, reports AFP. "The reason behind the foolish, very ugly, insolent and disorderly speech with cowboy…

London: Iraq has launched an offensive to expel Islamic State militants from Hawija, one of the last two areas in the country still held by the jihadists, reports BBC. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the attack on the town, which is 220km (135 miles) north of Baghdad, began at dawn. A US-led multinational…

MANILA: Thousands of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's critics and supporters held rival rallies Thursday, taking emotional national debates…

TRIPOLI: More than 100 migrants are missing after a shipwreck off the coast of western Libya, the Libyan navy said on Thursday, reports AFP. Rescuers found at least seven survivors on Wednesday after they had remained for three days at sea, navy spokesman Ayub Kassem said, without providing further…

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday she was in "clear disagreement' with US President Donald Trump over his threat to destroy North Korea, reports AFP. "I am against such threats," Merkel said in an interview with the radio station Deutsche Welle. "We believe…

BEIRUT: At least 22 civilians have been killed in 48 hours of heavy air strikes by Syria's regime and its ally Russia in northwestern Syria, a monitor said Thursday, reports AFP. The strikes hit areas in the provinces of Idlib and Hama, where an internationally agreed truce zone is meant to be in…