A PAKISTANI province is setting targets for police to arrest and deport hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have no legal right to be in the count

SOUTH Korean dog farmers protested today against a push by authorities to outlaw dog meat consumption, with dozens scuffling with police during a r

CHINA’S Defence Ministry warned the United States today to stop interfering in Taiwan and the South China Sea, saying that US arms sales to the bre

A REPORT alleging that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aimed to use the United Nations Cop28 climate talks to strike oil and gas deals was strongly

FRANCE: A special court has cleared Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti of conflict of interest, ruling that he was not guilty of

INTERNATIONAL mediators appeared to be making progress last night in talks on a further extension of the Gaza truce, encouraging Hamas militants to

FINLAND closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia yesterday amid rising political tensions with its eastern neighbour.

THE United States has raised concerns with India that its government may have known of a plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader on US soil, promptin

NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his new government’s programme yesterday, which includes repealing tobacco controls, excludi

AT LEAST 40 civilians were killed last weekend when al-Qaida-linked rebels tried to take over a town in Burkina Faso’s northern region, the United