JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday defended a new law declaring Israel the Jewish people’s nation state, saying it did not harm…

Nabi Saleh: Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi was released from prison yesterday after serving eight months for slapping two Israeli soldiers, an episode…

TOKYO: A powerful storm slammed into Japan yesterday, churning across western areas already hard hit by floods and landslides earlier this month and injuring…

SYDNEY: Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s grip on power ahead of upcoming national polls was under renewed scrutiny yesterday…

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, who was ousted in November, said yesterday that he would not vote for his successor Emmerson…

SULTAN KUDARAT: Members or supporters of the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group gathered in their tens of thousands yesterday to discuss a landmark law granting them autonomy, with one expressing hope it would make their “dream of peace” a reality, reports AFP. President Rodrigo…

BAGO: Surging floodwaters have killed at least 10 people and forced tens of thousands from their homes across swathes of Myanmar, a government official said yesterday as more heavy monsoon rain battered the region, reports AFP. Vast areas of farmland have been submerged by muddy water stretching to…

MIAMI: Police were searching yesterday for two gunmen who opened fire on a crowd outside a New Orleans bar, killing three people and wounding seven others, reports AFP. Police said they responded to reports of a shooting late Saturday at a “daiquiri shop” about three miles from the southern…