The Philippines has suspended all mining operations in seven regions of the country after a new landslide killed at least 29 people near a limestone quarry on Cebu island.  Rescue operations resumed on Friday

An angry Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday demanded the European Union make a new offer on Britain's withdrawal from the bloc. Speaking at 10 Downing Street in London, May said it was "not

Sheila often thinks back to the day more than two decades ago when her mother, Theresa, sat with her in the driveway outside her home in Kentucky and told her she had taken out

The death toll from Tanzania's ferry disaster hit 136 on Friday as hopes faded for more people being pulled out alive from Lake Victoria. Thirty-seven people were rescued after the MV Nyerere sank on Thursday

At least 15 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck in western Afghanistan, officials said, in the second major traffic accident this month. Another 30 were injured in the early morning

TEHRAN, Iran: Across Iran’s capital, rush-hour traffic always grinds to a halt, a sea of boxy Renault four-doors and Peugeot coupes all idling their way through the streets of Tehran.Soon, however, Iran’s faltering nuclear

DUBAI: The Permanent Representative of Oman to the United Nations, Khalifa Al-Harthy, has rejected and condemned Israel’s decision to demolish the Palestinian village in East Jerusalem. “I would like to say that we in

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s official IRNA news agency says the country’s air force is carrying out a drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Arabian Gulf, the passageway for nearly a third of

In this week's UpFront, we ask Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's former deputy prime minister, about the possibility of becoming the country's next leader. And in a Special Interview, the veteran investigative journalist and author of

India has launched its first national register of sex offenders in a bid to stem crimes against women as the country reels from a series of high-profile rape cases. The database will be accessible