GENEVA: More than six million children affected by the Syria conflict desperately need humanitarian aid, the UN s children s agency said Friday, with the number in need rising by a third in a year. UNICEF is warning that despite … read more
DUBAI: Saudi-owned al-Arabia television said on Saturday that two suspected al Qaeda militants who had been surrounded inside a government building in southern Saudi Arabia after an attack on a border post with Yemen blew themselves up early on Saturday. … read more
MUMBAI: The special Air India plane carrying 46 Indian nurses who were freed by militants in Iraq on Friday evening has landed in Mumbai. After refueling, the aircraft that is also bringing back over 100 other Indians who were trapped … read more
KHARTOUM: A battle between rival Sudanese clans near an oil-drilling site killed 150 people and wounded 100 more, state-linked media reported on Thursday. The fighting in West Kordofan state between two sub-groups of the Misseriya tribe “continued all day because … read more
WELLINGTON: Disgraced former New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent said Thursday his match-fixing boss threatened him with a cricket bat after an attempt to rig a game backfired, costing crooked bookies a fortune. Vincent, who received a life ban from cricket … read more