Taliban in control of Afghanistan, panic in Kabul
KABUL: The Taliban were in control of Afghanistan on Monday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded the insurgents had won the...
Swift Taliban takeover leaves US image in tatters
WASHINGTON - After two decades in Afghanistan, America's longest war was ending with the image of the United States in tatters.With the swift collapse...
As variant delays return to offices, many in US don’t mind
WASHINGTON: When Romain Daubec and his wife Monica left San Francisco last summer for Denver, Colorado, they thought their telework hundreds of miles from...
Even in rarefied world of French cuisine, you gotta Insta
PARIS - It was a shockwave in the world of French cuisine.Jean Imbert, best known for winning a reality TV show and hobnobbing with...
Haiti searches for survivors after quake kills at least 304
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Rescue workers scrambled to find survivors after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti early Saturday, killing at least 304 and toppling buildings...
Australia clamps down on ‘most concerning day of the pandemic’
SYDNEY - Australia's biggest city announced tighter Covid restrictions including heavier fines and tighter policing on Saturday as authorities battled to contain a Delta...
Police raid Nicaraguan paper that branded government a ‘dictatorship’
MANAGUA - Police in Nicaragua on Friday raided the premises of independent newspaper La Prensa, which had branded the government a "dictatorship" after being...
Banksy shows off his British seaside ‘spraycation’
LONDON: Banksy, Britain's most famous street artist, on Friday confirmed what many had already suspected -- that he is indeed the author of a...
China rejects need for further WHO coronavirus origins probe
BEIJING: China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization's calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, saying it supported "scientific" over...
Myanmar goalkeeper to be granted asylum in Japan
TOKYO: Japan will grant asylum to a footballer from Myanmar's national team who raised an anti-coup salute during a match outside Tokyo and refused...
