Ten Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Helmand yesterday, officials said. The Taliban dug a tunnel into the base in volatile Sangin district and then blew it up before their fighters could attack the compound, Nawab Zadran a spokesman for 215…

A Vietnamese court yesterday sentenced an ex-minister to life imprisonment in a multimillion-dollar corruption case that also saw another minister and a dozen executives receive lengthy prison terms, state media reported. Nguyen Bac Son was accused of taking a bribe of $3 million to orchestrate the…

Thousands of protesters clashed with police Friday in Santiago in a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations that erupted more than two months ago…

Hong Kong riot police arrested at least 15 people in clashes yesterday with dozens of pro-democracy protestors who targeted a mall near the border with China to demonstrate against mainland tourists and shoppers. The fresh unrest ended a brief calm after protestors had battled riot police in shopping…

Navy SEALs described their platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, as “evil,” “toxic” and “perfectly…

It was a “dirty war” waged by French colonial troops but it never made headlines and even yesterday goes untold in school history books. The…

The United Arab Emirates on Saturday denied reports that a popular mobile application developed in the country was used for government spying. Apple and Google removed the ToTok app from their marketplaces last week following a report claiming it allowed the UAE government to track users’ conversations,…

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved a resolution extending the investigation into the mysterious 1961 death of secretary-general Dag…

A rocket attack in Iraq killed an American contractor and wounded several military personnel Friday, the first US casualties from a string of recent strikes, the international coalition against the IS group said. While the coalition did not attribute blame for the incident, it threatens to escalate…

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and others are under FBI investigation following the Jeffrey Epstein case, sources have told US and other media. They…

Cyprus holds talks with rival Libya administration AFP, Benghazi, Libya Cyprus has stepped up its campaign against the UN-recognised Libyan government’s increasingly close military ties with Turkey, hosting talks yesterday with a leading figure in the rival Libyan administration. The speaker of…