Five days of UN-sponsored talks on ending the decades-old division of Cyprus have adjourned without a breakthrough but negotiators vowed yesterday to press on even as prospects fade for a deal this year.
Twelve people have died in Myanmar's Rakhine state in recent clashes between armed men and troops, state media reported Wednesday, in a growing challenge for the country's new democratically elected government.
British Airways said on Thursday it will no longer provide free snacks and food in economy class on short-haul and domestic flights, joining budget carriers like Ryanair and easyJet ...
South Korea has a plan to annihilate the North Korean capital if it shows any signs of mounting a nuclear attack, according to reports from Seoul.
Smoke billowing from buildings in a northeastern neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital Baghdad where a blast at a weapons storage facility rocked the area yesterday.
Beijing is expanding its large-scale land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday, despite an international court ruling rejecting most of China’s claims in the resource-rich area.
Dollar traders are playing catch-up with the Federal Reserve.
Inspectors from Doha Municipality’s Health Department yesterday destroyed five tonnes of watermelons at the Abu Hamour Central Market as the fruits were found “unfit for human consumption”.
The biggest threat to public Wi-Fi security is the ability for the hacker to position himself between you and the connection point
Professional boxers can compete at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the sport’s governing body ruled in a landmark decision yesterday.
Niger’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Yacoubou described the talks the President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou held with HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani as “fruitful and positive” and covered all issues of mutual concern on the bilateral and international levels.
Thousands of layoffs at state-linked companies in Abu Dhabi are a fresh sign the Gulf’s oil-rich countries are hunkering down for a long period of austerity as low crude prices pressure their economies.
