The Syrian army yesterday took control of the strategic northwestern crossroads town of Saraqeb in the latest gain of a weeks-long offensive against the country’s last major rebel bastion of Idlib.

Ireland began voting in a general election yesterday, with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar hoping to secure a new term on the back of Brexit -- though voters are more likely to judge him more on his domestic record.

A man who had travelled to Wuhan -- the central city at the heart of China’s coronavirus crisis -- was surprised when police showed up at his door after he returned home, asking to check his temperature.

Eight people have been killed, dozens hurt and property burned during clashes in southern Kazakhstan, prompting concern Saturday

Tropical cyclone Damien lashed northwestern Australia’s resource-rich Pilbara region yesterday, downing trees and forcing locals to heed

The Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 700 people across the country opened another

Israel has escalated a trade war with the Palestinians by stopping their agricultural exports through Jordan, Palestinian Agriculture

A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming

Fear can do more harm than the spreading coronavirus, Singapore’s prime minister said on Saturday, a day after the city-state raised its alert level, prompting residents to clear out supermarket shelves of rice, noodles and toilet paper.

Democratic hopefuls fanned out across snowy New Hampshire yesterday campaigning for the state’s primary, stop two on the road to picking a challenger to President Donald Trump in November.

Iran should increase its military might to prevent a war, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a gathering of air force commanders yesterday, dismissing the US sanctions on the country as “criminal act”.

US President Donald Trump on Friday fired two of the highest profile witnesses in his impeachment probe, sparking accusations that he is on a campaign of revenge.

A Thai soldier killed at least 10 people in a shooting rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima in the north east of Thailand and remains at large, police say.

The category three storm brought winds of 195 kilometres per hour (121 miles per hour), sending debris into the air, knocking over trees and -- in a few instances -- ripping roofs off sheds and other outbuildings.

US President Donald Trump fires two of the highest profile witnesses in his impeachment probe, sparking accusations that he is on a campaign of revenge.

President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that the US had killed the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- days after the

Pablo Escobar’s most notorious hitman, known by the nickname Popeye, died on Thursday at age 57 after a life of crime he celebrated on

US Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg were in a virtual tie as results from 100 percent of Iowa

Heavy rain was raising hopes yesterday for an end to Australia’s unprecedented bushfire crisis, as downpours douse blazes that have

Ehsanullah Ehsan, the Taliban terrorist responsible for shooting Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai in 2012 and carrying out the