Colombia readied yesterday for a rendezvous with history at midnight when the guns fall silent in a 52-year-old war between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the South American country’s largest leftist rebel group.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti yesterday squarely blamed Pakistan and separatists for fuelling the ongoing trouble in the Kashmir Valley that has been seething with public anger and violent anti-government protests for the past 50 days.
Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq) welcomed its largest freshman class since 2012 when 110 freshman students started classes on August 23, bringing the total enrolment of the branch campus to 545.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina smelt a conspiracy behind Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sudden open stance against the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal, 14kms off the world’s biggest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.
US President Barack Obama called on Congress Saturday to step up funding to combat the Zika virus, warning that delay is putting more Americans at risk.
‘I cannot give any prognosis how it will be decided. I will accept the verdict. I do hope it will be positive for me, but we are footballers. We learn to win but also we learn to lose’
Hammered on the field, pilloried by fans and local media off it, the woefully out-of-form Wallabies have even been called delusional by one of their former players this week.
At least three South Asian embassies are hoping that their expatriates overstaying in Qatar without valid residence permit would avail of the Ministry of Interior's three-month amnesty offer once it starts on September 1.
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan will quit international cricket after the ongoing limited overs series against Australia, the swashbuckling opener announced yesterday.
Embraced by kings and freedom fighters alike, Myanmar’s peacocks have long been a national symbol of pride and resistance — but they are becoming ever harder to spot in the wild.
Opec and some producers from outside the group may agree to freeze output during informal talks next month, which could prove “self-defeating” because it would benefit other suppliers, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc
India's government on Wednesday approved plans to ban the booming commercial surrogacy industry, a move that would block thousands of foreign couples who flock to centres to have a baby.
