INTERNATIONAL

DUBAI: A tanker came under attack while travelling through the Strait of Hormuz taking the route closest to Oman, the

WASHINGTON: When major disasters strike, Americans are routinely waiting weeks — or even months — to receive presidential approval for

UNITED STATES: The United States on Tuesday expanded its sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector, taking further aim at the network of

WASHINGTON: Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 following a “brief and

HAVANA: An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10

MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday it destroyed 376 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight and that fires broke out at

CAIRO: He is the grandson of an influential Shiite cleric, born in Qom — the heart of religious studies in

ISLAMABAD: A cargo plane with five crew members aboard went missing off the Pakistani port of Karachi late Tuesday after

DAMASCUS: An explosion was heard in central Damascus on Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Syrian capital, AFP journalists said,

The death toll from the renewed unrest at Negombo Prison has risen to 25. Nearly 100 individuals have reportedly sustained