At least 14 people have died and dozens are feared to be trapped after a billboard bigger than an Olympic swimming pool collapsed in Mumbai. The disaster, which left at…
NEW DELHI: Venus, often described as Earth’s twin due to its similar size and mass, presents a stark contrast to our planet in terms of water content. Scientists have long…
Orcas have sunk a yacht off the coast of Gibraltar – the latest in a string of similar attacks by the mammals over the past four years. The Alboran Cognac…
CAIRO: Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah on Tuesday, reaching some residential districts of the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being…
The organiser of the Eurovision Song Contest has said it “regrets” that some contestants did not respect the “spirit of the rules” when taking part in the competition in Sweden….
TBILISI: Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday began the third and final reading of a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic…
Tourists in parts of Mallorca and Ibiza will face hefty fines for drinking alcohol on the streets as part of a crackdown in areas of “excessive tourism”. The government of…
WELLINGTON/PARIS: Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia shut the international airport, imposed a curfew in the capital, and called for police reinforcements after protests over the territory’s…
PARIS: Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced an overnight curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest erupted in the capital of Noumea. The territory’s…
MOSCOW: A US citizen has been detained for 10 days by a Russian court for using obscene language during a police search of his apartment, the Kommersant newspaper reported on…