KIEV: In an attempt to boost the country’s defenses, the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted to create a 60,000-strong National Guard on the basis...
KABUL: Unknown persons have kidnapped four election coordinators in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, a commissioner with the Independent Election Commission Sareer Ahmed...
SIMFEROPOL: The Crimean parliament on Tuesday voted for independence from Ukraine, paving the way for the upcoming referendum for the Crimean Autonomous Republic and...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced on Monday that the country’s general elections will be held on September 20.
“I’m announcing the election...
MOSCOW: The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry and said that the United States...
Saudi Arabia declares Muslim Brotherhood, three other militant groups as terrorist organisations
RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has declared three Sunni radical organisations as...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama held a telephonic conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and urged him to seek a diplomatic solution to...