Dubai: Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia's grand mufti, who served the kingdom's top religious figure over a quarter century that saw the ultraconservative Muslim nation socially liberalise, has...

United Nations: With global peace and progress under siege, the United Nations chief challenged world leaders Tuesday to choose a future where the rule of law triumphs over raw power...

Brussels: The European Union laid out Wednesday its toughest plan yet to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza as Palestinians fled en masse from Israeli tanks, drones and...

Moscow: A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck early Saturday near the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake's epicentre was 111.7 km east of...

Brisbane:  Veteran Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has retired from Twenty20 international cricket in a bid to extend his career in the Tests and ODI formats. Starc and Test skipper...

Kabul: An earthquake in Afghanistan's east has killed at least 610 people and injured 1,300, a spokesman for the Taliban government said Monday. The 6.0 magnitude quake late Sunday hit...

Darwin (Australia): Tim David bludgeoned eight sixes in his robust 83 and led Australia to a 17-run win over South Africa in the first T20 on Sunday as international cricket...

Bulawayo (Zimbabwe): New Zealand recorded its biggest-ever test win when it crushed Zimbabwe by an innings and 359 runs in the second test to wrap up a lopsided series 2-0...

Washington:  The International Monetary Fund is upgrading the economic outlook for the United States and the world this year and next because President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies have so...

The Hague:  The United Nations's top court says that if countries fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, they could be in violation of international law....