The world should not succumb to emotions: Russia Iran test-fires Sejil, Shahab-3 long-range missiles

TEHRAN: Iran on Monday test-fired long-range missiles it says could reach targets inside Israel, as the defiant Revolutionary Guards staged war games

Philippines asks world for help as flood toll hits 140

MANILA: Overwhelmed Philippine authorities appealed for international aid on Monday as the death toll from once-in-a-lifetime floods soared to 140 and

Australian parents jailed for death of their baby

SYDNEY: A husband and wife were jailed on Monday for the manslaughter of their baby, who died after they chose to use homeopathic remedies rather than

Turkish govt faces fierce debate over Armenia, Kurds

ANKARA: Turkey’s government has won international praise for efforts to end a bitter dispute with Armenia and expand rights for Kurds, but a fierce ba

China, Japan, S Korea urge DPRK to rejoin talks

SHANGHAI: Foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea discussed nuclear disarmament and regional ties in annual talks on Monday, as Beijing anno

British Asians ‘outsourcing murder’

LONDON: A BBC investigation has uncovered the deadly practice of British Asians travelling to India to hire contract killers. Family and busine

Roman Polanski to fight extradition

ZURICH: Film director Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland over a US charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, will fight extradition t

British general backs request for troops in Afghanistan

LONDON: Britain’s top general in Afghanistan has backed his US commander’s call for more foreign troops to fight an increasingly bloody Taliban insur

SL recruits Tamil police

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is recruiting Tamil police officers from the northern city of Jaffna for the first time since it became the epicentre of a three-de

‘UK’s Labour would do better with new leader’

LONDON: Britain’s ruling Labour Party would do better at the upcoming national election if it ditched Prime Minister Gordon Brown as leader and replac

Honduran regime clamps down ahead of protest

TEGUCIGALPA: The Honduran regime silenced the opposition media ahead of a planned protest on Monday by supporters of deposed president Manuel Zelaya,

Hundreds of blind, pale creatures found

SYDNEY: Australian scientists have found 850 previously unknown species living in subterranean water, caves and micro-caverns. These insects,

Crash scene overwhelmed by bees in Turkey

ANKARA: A van carrying beehives crashed into a truck on Monday, and huge swarms of bees broke free and stung the injured and rescue workers at the sce

Victorious Merkel warns Germans of hard work ahead

BERLIN: Angela Merkel set to work on Monday on a new centre-right coalition after clinching a second term, but warned Germans of a hard road ahead to

Australia intercepts asylum seeker boats

SYDNEY: Australian authorities intercepted two boats carrying suspected asylum seekers, the latest in a spike in illegal arrivals that has fuelled a d