Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir allowed home
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who served for more than two decades in the top job, continues to undergo treatment at...
Beijing Olympics set to open under cloud of Covid, rights fears
BEIJING - A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and taking place inside a strict Covid-secure bubble will officially begin in Beijing on Friday...
Round-the-clock care for Peru’s oil-stained sea birds
LIMA - Hand fed fish and given gentle yet rigorous baths, penguins and other sea birds are slowly regaining their strength at a Peruvian...
Texas butterfly sanctuary shuts citing threats from Trump supporters
HOUSTON - A butterfly sanctuary caught in the crossfire of polarizing conspiracy theories on illegal immigration to the United States said it will shut...
13 killed in rare NW Syria raid by US special forces
ATME, Syria: US special forces hunted down high-ranking jihadists in a rare airborne raid in northwestern Syria on Thursday, killing 13 people in an...
Guinea-Bissau launches major probe into foiled coup
BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday launched a major investigation into a foiled attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who survived a gun attack...
Armenia, Turkey to resume first flights in two years
Historic rivals Turkey and Armenia were due Wednesday to resume their first commercial flights in two years as part of cautious efforts to normalise...
Whoopi Goldberg suspended by ABC for Holocaust comments
NEW YORK - US actress Whoopi Goldberg on Tuesday was suspended from the talk show she hosts for two weeks after saying that the...
G.Bissau president says situation ‘under control’ after deadly coup bid
BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau's president on Tuesday said the government had the situation "under control" in the unstable west African country after an attempted coup...
UN rights expert calls for cutting off Myanmar junta after crimes
GENEVA: The UN human rights expert on Myanmar said on Tuesday that Myanmar's ruling junta had murdered and tortured civilians while waging a "campaign...












