LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday she will ditch an election pledge for a vote on reversing the fox-hunting ban following a public…

RIYADH: Eleven Saudi princes face trial after their arrest at a sit-in protesting having to pay their utility bills, authorities said yesterday as the monarchy pursues reforms amid hefty debt and high unemployment, reports AFP Saudi Arabia’s attorney general said “no one is above the law”…

Amsterdam: The Dutch engineer behind the idea for circular runways at airports has revealed plans to build a test runway for unmanned delivery drones,…

Tehran: The University of Tehran is working to track and secure the release of its students who were arrested for taking part in recent anti-government protests in Iran, according to the semiofficial Iranian Students’ News Agency, reports CNN. “A committee has been established to follow…

Libya Coast: At least eight refugees have died and 86 others were rescued off the coast of Libya after a rubber dinghy ran into trouble in what is believed to be the first Mediterranean shipwreck of 2018, reports Al Jazeera. Italy’s coastguard said an aircraft on patrol for a European anti-smuggling…

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday called for the closure of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, days after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut Palestinian aid, reports AFP Israel has long viewed the UN agency, known as UNRWA, as biased against it,…

NICOSIA: Turkish Cypriots yesterday voted in a snap parliamentary election overshadowed by last year’s failure to reach a peace deal for the divided…

Washington: US astronaut John Young, who flew to the moon twice and commanded the first ever space shuttle mission, has died aged 87, Nasa said, reports…