World

Havana: President Raul Castro called on all Cubans to help eradicate the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus on Monday and ordered 9,000 army troops to...

Dubai: Iran negotiated with Russia at the weekend over buying an upgraded version of the S-300 surface-to-air missile defence system, which it requires to...

Tripoli: Libya's oil facilities are likely to suffer further attacks unless a United Nations-backed unity government is approved, the head of the...

San Francisco: Apple Inc on Monday urged the creation of a government panel on encryption to help resolve a standoff over national security and data privacy...

Stockholm: Lawyers for Julian Assange have asked a Swedish court to overturn an arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder following a ruling by a UN panel...

Athens/Morahalom (Hungary): Thousands of migrants were stranded in northern Greece on Monday after neighbouring Macedonia demanded additional identification...

Los Angeles: Legendary singer John Lennon's chunk of hair has been sold at an auction for $35,000. Heritage Auction in Dallas had the four-inch chunk of...

Sao Paulo/Rio De Janeiro: Federal investigators on Monday launched a round of arrests and raids targeting the manager of President Dilma Rousseff's...

London: Prime Minister David Cameron will try to sell his case for Britain remaining in the European Union to parliament on Monday, facing hostility from...

Istanbul: Turkey's military said on Monday it had killed 14 militants in a drive against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeast as...