Foreigners urged leave Lebanon as MidEast war fears grow
BEIRUT – Several countries have urged their nationals to leave Lebanon, with the US warning its citizens to do so on “any ticket available”,...
Ukraine sinks Russian submarine in Crimea
KYIV – Ukraine’s military says it attacked and destroyed a Russian submarine while it was anchored at a port in the occupied Crimean peninsula.
The...
Venezuela opposition leader emerges despite arrest threat
CARACAS – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has addressed a mass rally in the capital Caracas, defying government calls for her arrest.
Machado went...
Dozens of children killed in Bangladesh protests – Unicef
DHAKA – At least 32 children have died during student protests that engulfed Bangladesh last month, the United Nations' children's agency has said.
The youngest...
Kenya to poison a million crows
NAIROBI -- "Invasive alien birds" sounds like the strapline to a scary Hollywood blockbuster but for the people of coastal Kenya it is not...
US send jets, warships as Iran threatens Israel
WASHINGTON – The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran...
Big Russia-West exchange since Cold War sees 24 prisoners freed
WASHINGTON – The biggest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War era took place earlier on Thursday, with 24 people...
Iran vows revenge after Hamas leader assassinated in Tehran
TEHRAN – Ira has threatened “harsh punishment” for Israel, which it says was responsible for assassinating Hamas’s leader.
Israel has not commented directly on the...
Curfew imposed in Nigerian state after ‘hunger’ protest
ABUJA – A curfew has been imposed in Nigeria's second-biggest state, Kano, after protests against the high cost of living were "hijacked by thugs"...
Hamas ‘in shock’ over leader’s death
GAZA STRIP – The leadership of the Palestinian armed group Hamas has been left in "a state of shock" by the assassination of its...