Malaysia’s ousted prime minister is scheduled to go on trial next week over a massive financial scandal that helped topple his government, a prosecutor…

Prince William will visit victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings next month, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced  yesterday…

A military helicopter has crashed in southwestern Kazakhstan, killing all 13 servicemen on board, the defence ministry said yesterday. The crash involving the Russian-made Mi-8 aircraft occurred on Wednesday, the ministry said in a statement. “13 servicemen were killed... while performing their…

The United States on Wednesday circulated a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that would blacklist the leader of a Pakistan-based Islamist group as a terrorist, setting up a potential clash with China over the move. China earlier this month put on hold a request to put Masood Azhar, leader…

President Donald Trump renewed yesterday his threat to close the vital US-Mexico border, claiming America’s southern neighbour was doing “NOTHING”…

Israeli cave explorers said yesterday that a salt cave with striking stalactites near the Dead Sea is the world’s longest, beating the previous…

Syria said Wednesday that Israel had attacked targets just north of second city Aleppo and that its air defences had intercepted several missiles. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor, the strike hit an arms depot used by Iranian forces and killed seven people. It would be…