A hat said to be worn by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo sold for more than $400,000 at an auction in Lyon, France, reports CNN from Paris.…

WASHINGTON: The US and South Korea have agreed to indefinitely suspend two exchange program training exercises, to support diplomatic negotiations with North Korea, the Pentagon said Friday, reports AFP. The move comes after the two countries announced the shelving of the large-scale Ulchi Freedom Guardian…

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates, whose troops have played a major role in a Yemeni government offensive against the port city of Hodeida, said yesterday that it was ready to support diplomatic efforts to secure a rebel withdrawal, reports AFP. But it said the pullout must be unconditional and from…

BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces yesterday made their first gains on the ground against rebel fighters in the southern province of Daraa after several days of intensified bombardment, reports AFP quoting a monitor. Since Tuesday, regime troops have been ramping up shelling on opposition-held areas in Daraa’s…

TARIFA: A total of 418 migrants were rescued in three operations off the coast of Spain yesterday, the national rescue service said, reports AFP. In the largest of these, 262 people on 15 vessels were rescued in the Strait of Gibraltar, Salvamento Maritimo said on Twitter. Twenty-seven others were found…

ADDIS ABABA: Scores of people were hurt in a grenade blast at new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s first mass rally in the capital that sent crowds fleeing in panic, reports AFP. Abiy had just wrapped up his speech in the heart of Addis Ababa before tens of thousands of people when the explosion…

PARIS: In the middle of the night it becomes a form of psychological torture, the insidious “plink...” (wait-for-it) “plink...”…