Climate-change activists who planned to disrupt Heathrow airport with drone aircraft were frustrated early on Friday as the devices failed to fly and Europe's biggest airport continued to operate as usual. The Heathrow Pause

At least 12 people have drowned in a lake after the boat they were travelling in capsized during a religious ritual in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The incident took place on

JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire, a military statement said early Thursday.“Rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at Israeli territory,” it said in

SYDNEY: Two Australians detained in Iran were named on Thursday as a travel-blogging couple who were arrested while making an overland trip from their home country to Britain.Perth-based Jolie King and Mark Firkin had

A case arguing that a British withdrawal from the European Union without an exit agreement would contravene Northern Ireland's 1998 peace accord has been dismissed on all grounds by Belfast's High Court. Judges ruled

Sudan's new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has arrived in South Sudan on his first official visit since assuming charge, declaring "the sky is the limit" for ties between the former foes. "I am very delighted

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 Muslim Brotherhood leaders to life in prison on charges of espionage with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.Among those sentenced by the Cairo criminal court was the Brotherhood's

TEHRAN: Iran on Wednesday rejected the possibility of a meeting between President Hassan Rouhani and US counterpart Donald Trump, after the White House signalled it was open to such an encounter. Two of Trump’s

As thousands of would-be United States asylum seekers wait across the border in Mexico, an unusual system has sprung up for appointments with US authorities. It is called "the list" and it has become

Violence in Burkina Faso has left almost half a million children without formal education. More than 1,000 schools have been closed in the last three years, with armed groups accused of attacking villages and