MANILA: The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon and “sideswiped” a government vessel on Wednesday ...

LONDON: Debt swaps are becoming a more widely used tool to help indebted countries raise money for conservation or climate-related projects. Under a swap, a country buys back more expensive debt and ...

President-elect pledged during his election campaign to end the conflict within 24 hours of his Jan 20 inauguration ...

For the first time in over sixty years, the National Assembly toppled the incumbent government, approving a no-confidence ...

MARRAKESH: Emerging filmmakers from Africa and the Arab world gathered in Marrakesh this week for a series of workshops to ...

VATICAN CITY: German automaker Mercedes-Benz delivered an electric popemobile to the Vatican on Wednesday for use by the ...

JERUSALEM: The deaths of six Israeli prisoners whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in August were probably linked to an Israeli airstrike against Hamas near where they were being held, the Israeli ...

HONG KONG: China is urging colleges and universities to provide “love education” to emphasise positive views on marriage, love, fertility and family, in a bid to boost the country’s flagging birth ...

TEHRAN: Iran has released Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media.

Trump, 78, was found guilty in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records from covering up the payment of $130,000 to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to silence her from coming forward ...

LIMA: A nose job by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte sparked intense controversy on Tuesday, with some lawmakers calling for her to be removed from office for not delegating her responsibilities ...

NEW YORK: The chief executive of US health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed outside a New York hotel on Wednesday morning in an apparently targeted hit.