US-led forces helping Iraqi troops fight jihadists have scaled back operations, a US defence official told AFP yesterday, a day after an American strike killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. “Our first priority is protecting coalition personnel,” the official said, saying the US-led force…

With a single drone strike, President Donald Trump did more than just take out an avowed enemy of the United States. He may have have also upended a central…

In 2007, US commandos watched as a convoy carrying a powerful Iranian military leader made its way to northern Iraq. It was a prime opportunity to take…

China has replaced its top envoy to Hong Kong, state media reported yesterday, the most significant personnel change by Beijing since pro-democracy protests erupted in the city nearly seven months ago. The removal of the head of the Liaison Office, which represents the central government in semi-autonomous…

Libya’s military strongman Khalifa Haftar has called on all Libyans to take up arms in response to a prospective military intervention from Turkey…

Indonesian rescue teams flew helicopters stuffed with food to remote flood-hit communities yesterday as the death toll from the disaster jumped to 53 and fears grew about the possibility of more torrential rain. Tens of thousands in Jakarta were still unable to return to their waterlogged homes after…

Seven whales were successfully herded back to sea after they survived a mass stranding at a New Zealand beach yesterday, conservation officials said.…

A knife-wielding man went on the rampage in a park south of Paris on Friday, killing a man out for a walk with his wife and wounding two other people before being shot dead by police, officials said. The Paris police department said the man had attacked “several people” around lunchtime…

UK ADVISES NATIONALS TO AVOID TRAVEL TO IRAQ, IRAN AFP, London The British government yesterday advised UK nationals to avoid travelling to Iraq and Iran in face of heightened tensions in the Middle East following the US killing of a top Iranian commander in Baghdad. “Following the death of Qasem…