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ME respiratory virus: Death toll reaches 157 in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: The death toll in Saudi Arabia from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has reached to 157 after five more persons including...

Sri Lanka rejected foreign pressure over military campaign against LTTE: Lanka minister

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has said that some western countries had exerted pressures on the government to end the military campaign against the Liberation Tigers...

Fourth round of Iran nuclear talks begins in Vienna

VIENNA: The fourth round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear energy program between Iran and the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany began in...

Iranian, Russian leaders to attend CICA summit in Shanghai

BEIJING: The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend the 4th summit of...

Brahimi resigns as UN-Arab League special envoy for Syria

NEW YORK: The UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi is to step down on May 31 over an international deadlock to end...

Turkish coal mine blast: Death toll climbs to 201, over 200 still trapped

ANKARA: An explosion occurred in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa that left at least 201 miners killed and 80...

25 workers killed in Turkish coal mine blast while 800 still trapped at 2 kilometres deep inside the mine

25 killed in Turkish coal mine blast while 800 still trapped at 2 kilometres deep inside the mine   ANKARA: An explosion occurred in a coal...

Narendra Modi to be India’s next PM: Exit polls

NEW DELHI: The Indian Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is set to become the country’s next prime minister as Exit polls show that the Bharatiya...

Saudi FM invites his Iranian counterpart, says Riyadh ready to talk with Iran

RIYADH: The Saudi foreign minister Saud Al-Faisal said on Tuesday that an invitation has been sent to the Iranian foreign minister to visit the...

Bus crashes in Myanmar, 14 killed

YANGON: A bus went out of control, crashed into a bridge and fell onto a rail track in Myanmar killing at least 14 persons...

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