President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin inaugurated a new gas pipeline linking their countries at a ceremony in Istanbul…

EU leaders met the head of Libya’s UN-recognised government yesterday as they scramble to contain the escalating crisis on their southern flank amid concerns about illegal migration and terrorism. Fayez al-Sarraj, whose beleaguered Government of National Accord is facing an offensive by rival…

A team of eye doctors in California tested their skills on an unusual patient—a western lowland gorilla. Working with veterinarians from the San…

The Philippines will dispatch cargo planes and a ship to help evacuate Filipino migrant workers from Iraq after ordering its citizens to leave following an Iranian missile strike targeting US troops, officials said yesterday. Manila issued the mandatory evacuation order for its nationals after the Islamic…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has the votes to start President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as soon as House Speaker…

Kuwait yesterday denied reports that the United States had decided to withdraw its troops from the Gulf state, saying the Twitter account of its official news agency had been hacked. The state-run Kuwait News Agency tweeted that the Kuwaiti defence minister had been informed by the commander of US forces…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned yesterday that Israel would strike a “resounding blow” if attacked by arch foe Iran, as regional…

FOUR KILLED IN CAR BOMBING NEAR SOMALIA PARLIAMENT AFP, Mogadishu At least four people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded close to a checkpoint near Somalia’s parliament in the capital Mogadishu yesterday, police said. A plume of thick black smoke was seen over the city and witnesses…