Haryana, India: Indian officials suspect an icy ball which fell on a village in the northern state of Haryana is frozen human waste leaked from an aeroplane…

PARIS: The world's richest one percent raked in 82 percent of the wealth created last year while the poorest half of the population received none, Oxfam said yesterday, as the world's elite prepared to mingle at the World Economic Forum in Davos, reports AFP. A new report from the charity also…

MOSCOW: Russia yesterday called for an end to fighting in Yemen, saying there could be no military solution to the nearly four-year war between Huthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government, reports AFP. Meanwhile, a Saudi-led military coalition yesterday announced $1.5 billion in new humanitarian aid…

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi yesterday said that there is no threat of Washington undertaking military action against Pakistan, reports The Dawn. His comments come in the wake of growing tense relations between Pakistan and the United States following Trump’s New Year’s…

Berlin: Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to start formal coalition negotiations with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives,…

Paris: Their first meeting in Brussels was symbolized by a prolonged, white-knuckle handshake -- and months later it appears French President Emmanuel…

BARCELONA: The speaker of the Catalan parliament yesterday proposed the region's ousted leader Carles Puigdemont as president of Catalonia, as Spanish prosecutors sought a European warrant for his arrest, reports AFP. Roger Torrent said Puigdemont's candidacy to once again head Catalonia's…

NEW DELHI: India has now begun final contract negotiations with Russia for the Rs 39,000 crore (over $5.5 billion) acquisition of five advanced S-400…