WASHINGTON: More than a half century of Cold War and lingering enmity came to an abrupt but quiet end on Monday as the United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations. The new era began with little fanfare when an agreement between the two nations to resume normal ties on July 20 came i

French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died of critical head injuries sustained at last year's Japanese Grand Prix, his family said in a statement on Saturday. He was 25. Bianchi had been in coma since the accident at Suzuka in October 2014. He passed away at a hospital in Nice, near his par

At least nine people have died in explosions at prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid in the Nigerian town of Damaturu, the army says. The two female suicide bombers included a 10-year-old girl, said Nigerian army spokesman Col Sani Usman. There were two blasts at a venue where volunteers wer

WASHINGTON: Iran should use a nuclear deal agreed this week with six world powers to improve its economy, and not to pursue “adventures” in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Thursday. “We hope that ... if the deal is implemented that the Iranians will use this deal in order t

Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday summoned the Indian envoy here and registered a protest over violation of its airspace by an Indian 'drone'. The Pakistan Foreign Office summoned Indian High Commissioner T.C.A. Raghavan and registered a strong protest with him, reported Geo TV. F

DUBAI: The nuclear deal with world powers is a political victory for Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, adding that the agreement meant Tehran would no longer be regarded as an international threat. "No one can say Iran surrendered," Rouhani told a cabinet meeting broadcast on stat

Paris (AFP) - Mexican soldiers marched down Paris's famed Champs-Elysees avenue Tuesday for France's traditional national day military parade under the watchful eye of their president Enrique Pena Nieto. The Mexican leader was the guest-of-honour this year at France's July 14 parade, but his st

The UN has said the world can end the AIDS epidemic within 15 years, but senior officials said that would only be possible by breaking the pharmaceutical industries "tight grip" on government policies. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said reaching the goal would be difficult but achievable in a re

Earthquake-hit Nepal will train 50,000 workers to help carry out reconstruction, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said. Delivering the annual budget on Tuesday, Mr. Mahat said the government will train tens of thousands of people to work as carpenters, plumbers, electricians and masons. Mr. M

Vienna (CNN)After arduous talks that spanned 20 months, negotiators have reached a landmark deal aimed at reining in Iran's nuclear program. The agreement, a focal point of U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy, appears set to reshape relations between Iran and the West, with its eff

MANILA: The number of people who have fallen ill after eating a batch of ‘poisoned’ candy in the Philippines has risen to nearly 2,000, authorities said Monday as they worked to identify the source of the contamination. At least 1,925 people in the southern Philippines, most of them schoolchildren,

LONDON: A comprehensive deal on Iran's nuclear programme is expected to be announced today after negotiators reached a consensus on the main outstanding issues over the weekend in Vienna. Although diplomats said that there could still be some 'last-minute surprises' by one of the parties to the t

Mohammed Sleiman admitted to five counts of attempted murder in a plea bargain A Palestinian who injured four Israeli border policewomen and a civilian when he drove his car into them was sentenced Sunday to 25 years in prison, the Israeli justice ministry said. Court documents released by the

At least 33 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack near a military base in Afghanistan's Khost province, where Afghan and foreign soldiers are stationed, authorities say. Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul, said that the attack happened just before 7pm, when many peo

An angry crowd hurling stones and plastic bottles has forced Serbia’s premier to flee a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of some 8000 Muslims in Bosnia, Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic had just laid a flower at a monument

ERBIL: Daesh has reportedly banned residents of its stronghold, Mosul, from performing Eid prayers claiming that the practice does not belong in the religion. Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Ismat Rajab revealed the militant group which has taken over large swathes of territory in Iraq

BEIJING: China's national capital Beijing has announced plans to build a new administrative center adjacent to the city to address growing traffic woes while promising to limit its population to 23 million people. The city would speed up construction of a "subsidiary administrative center" while

A strong typhoon pounded the Chinese coast south of Shanghai on Saturday with strong winds and heavy rainfall, submerging roads, felling trees and forcing the evacuation of 1.1 million people. Typhoon Chan-hom slammed ashore with winds of up to 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour in Zhoushan, a c