UK govt considers moving House of Lords to York
LONDON: Moving Britain’s upper house of parliament to the northern English city of York is one “of a range of...
SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape test
Recycled from three previous launches, the SpaceX rocket was destroyed as it crashed into the sea in pieces.
China moves to phase out single-use plastics
BEIJING: China is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products, the state...
Trump backers, critics clash as impeachment trial nears
Clashing arguments offer an early taste of the historic drama to play out in coming weeks.
Putin says he does’t want Russia to return to USSR-era practice of rulers dying in office
Soviet rulers Leonid Brezhnev, Yury Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko all died in office
Boat protesters in Venice take on damage from big ships
VENICE: Hundreds of people in small rowing boats protested in front of Venice’s St Mark’s Square on Sunday to...
Over 450 wounded in two days of clashes in Lebanon’s capital
BEIRUT: Medics said 70 people were injured in renewed clashes between protesters and police in Lebanon’s capital ...
Founder of S. Korean retail giant Lotte dies
SEOUL: Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho, who started manufacturing chewing gum in 1948 in Japan and built the...
Hasina, Karzai join criticism of Indian citizenship law
"New law is not necessary," says Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Israel building underground defence system on Lebanon border
JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said it began construction of an underground defence system on Sunday along its...
New coronavirus outbreak in Chinese city
BEIJING: Chinese authorities and the World Health Organisation (WHO) say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the...
Couple together for nearly 65 years die on the same day
St. Louis: A couple who had been together for nearly 65 years have died on the same day at a St. Louis-area nursing...
Bodies of Ukrainian victims of downed plane repatriated from Iran
Ukraine's leader has demanded Iran punish those guilty for downing the airliner and compensate the victims.