MUMBAI: Unmindful of the scorching heat, over 30,000 farmers reached Mumbai on Sunday with a series of demands including complete loan waiver. The farmers will gather at Somaiya Ground in Sion from where they will announce further course of action. The farmers are planning to troop into south Mumbai…

HAVANA: Cuba votes for a new National Assembly yesterday, a key step in a process leading to the election of a new president, the first in nearly 60 years from outside the Castro family, reports AFP. The new members of the National Assembly will be tasked with choosing a successor to 86-year-old President…

KIGALI: At least 16 people were killed and dozens more injured after lightning struck a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda, a local official said yesterday, reports AFP. Fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the Nyaruguru district in the Southern Province on Saturday,…

MOSCOW: Russia said yesterday it successfully launched a hypersonic missile which President Vladimir Putin called "an ideal weapon" as he unveiled a new array of next-generation arms earlier this month, reports AFP. The high-precision Kinzhal (Dagger) missile was launched from a MiG-31 supersonic…

JAKARTA: From cutting-edge DNA barcoding to smartphone apps that can identify illegal wildlife sales, conservationists are turning to hi-tech tools in…

JERUSALEM: Members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition accused the embattled premier yesterday of perpetuating a "fake crisis" over a political dispute to potentially force early elections, reports AFP. The dispute comes as Netanyahu faces a possible indictment on…

MOON TOWNSHIP: It's barely 2018, but US President Donald Trump is gearing up for a 2020 re-election campaign, with a familiar sounding new slogan:…

TAIPEI: Hundreds gathered at an anti-nuclear rally in Taiwan yesterday to demand the government keep its pledge to abolish the use of atomic energy by 2025, reports AFP. Waving placards reading “nuclear go zero,” and “abolish nuclear, save Taiwan,” protesters rallied outside…