World

New York: The world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050,...

Orlando: US Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan authorised the deployment an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East "for defensive...

Shanghai: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake left 12 people dead and injured another 125 after striking southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday night, the...

Muscat: Four people were injured in a shooting in Toronto, according to police in the Canadian city. The shooting took place during a victory parade...

Los Angeles: Police in Los Angeles and the city of Corona are investigating the circumstances of a shooting by an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department...

Colombo: Two people are missing and over 120,000 families have been affected by days of heavy rain and strong winds that have lashed Sri Lanka, the Disaster...

Herat: More than 80 militants have been killed in Afghanistan over the past three days as government forces continued to battle insurgents, officials said...

Montreal: The government of Quebec in Canada has passed a controversial immigration reform bill that will scrap thousands of ongoing applications to live...

Manila: President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his offer to members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who want to return to the fold of the law, saying his...

Manila: Twenty-one domestic and international flights in the Philippines were delayed after the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) issued a red...