BEIRUT: The Turkish authorities have accused the Daesh group of carrying out the attack on Istanbul’s international airport that killed 41 people. Long accused of complacency toward Daesh (Arabic acronym of Islamic State), Turkey has changed its approach since joining the US-led coalition against t

The English language may be one of the casualties of Brexit as it emerged that no state other than the UK has registered it as a primary language among the 28 countries within the European Union. English has been the top choice for European Union (EU) institutions but Britain's vote to leave th

The EU's founding states want Britain to begin leaving the union "as soon as possible" to keep the bloc from being stranded in "limbo", Germany's foreign minister said Saturday. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, hosting the six original states of the European Union in Berlin, said they were in agreement t

BAGHDAD: Iraqi government-run camps struggled on Sunday to shelter people fleeing Fallujah, as the military battled Daesh militants in the city’s northern districts. Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared victory over Daesh on Friday after troops reached the city center, following a four-week US

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday called for surveillance of mosques as part of US law enforcement efforts to prevent terrorism, and stood by his remarks on banning Muslim immigrants, which others in his party have criticized. Trump repeated his call for a temp

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani troops fired heavy artillery at Afghan forces at their main Khyber Pass border crossing on Wednesday, the Pakistani military said, an escalation after days of clashes that have killed four people and stranded thousands on both sides. Relations between the US allies hav

A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on Thursday drew thousands of admirers to the boxer's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who battled in the ring and sought peace outside it. An estimated 14,000 people, representing many races and creeds, attended the

[embed]https://youtu.be/loPFDDM2k5M[/embed]   Louisville | 6 June, 2016 | IANS-Washington Louisville Mayor ordered that American flags be flown at half-mast at all government buildings in the city until Ali is buried. The body of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali on Sunday arrived in his hom

BEIJING: Amid deepening divisions over the disputed South China Sea, China and US will hold their high level annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing tomorrow during which a host of issues including differences over India's entry into the NSG are expected to be discussed. Billed as the m

Tokyo, 3 June,2016: His parents told police they had left him by the road to discipline him after he threw stones at people and cars. A Japanese boy abandoned in a dense forest by his parents for being naughty was found alive and unharmed on Friday, nearly a week after his disappearance set off a m

ISTANBUL, May 31: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that family planning and contraception were not for Muslim families, in his latest comments promoting population growth that angered women activists. Erdogan said it was the responsibility of mothers to ensure the continued g

ISTANBUL: Thousands of Muslim worshippers descended Saturday on Istanbul’s world famous Hagia Sophia, the towering former Byzantine church that is now a museum, to demand the right to pray there, Turkish media reported. An imam led a prayer in front of the vast building that was once a Greek

JERUSALEM, May 26: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a multilateral French peace initiative as he met his French counterpart on Monday, offering instead to hold direct talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he would speak to

Jerusalem: Israel’s defense minister resigned Friday, saying extremists had taken over the country, after he clashed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the army’s handling of a wave of Palestinian violence. Moshe Yaalon said he no longer had any trust in Netanyahu after the hawkish premier

SYDNEY, May 19: Australia’s immigration minister’s comments on refugees drew sharp reactions from Labour Party and the small left-wing opposition Greens Party. Peter Dutton brought border security and immigration to the center of the 2016 election campaign, warning that resettling “illiterate and i

May 16, BEIRUT: Fighting raging between rival rebel factions to control a key opposition stronghold near Damascus since late last month has killed more than 300 fighters, a monitor said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes in Eastern Ghouta pitted the Jaish Al-Islam

ANKARA, May 13: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish forces have killed some 3,000 Daesh terrorists in Syria and Iraq, insisting that no other country has matched Turkey’s efforts against the extremist group. In an address to the military chiefs of Balkan nations on Wednesday, Er

(May 7, 2016): The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has postponed all soccer this weekend following the death of Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng on Friday. Ekeng, 26, collapsed on the field after suffering a suspected heart attack shortly after coming on as a 62nd-minute