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Pro-democracy protesters rallied outside Britain's consulate in Hong Kong on Sunday, demanding London do more to protect its former colonial subjects and ramp up pressure on Beijing over sliding freedoms.The global network of Agence France-Presse cove...

Former Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby captain Gareth Thomas has released an emotional video explaining his reason for going public on being HIV positive.The global network of Agence France-Presse covers 151 countriesIf you have news to share or a...

Mumbai, Sep 15 (PTI) As many as 61 people werearrested and four women dancers rescued after a major raid bypolice at a bar in suburban Borivali, a senior police officialsaid on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off that some obscene activities weregoing on at Charva...

A construction worker in his 50s is killed when he is hit by a crane that fell from a truck in Haifa. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Since the start of 2019, more than 60 people have been killed industrial accidents in Israel....

KUWAIT, Sept 15 (KUNA) -- His Highness Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace Sunday Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Dr. Khaled Al-Fadhel. His Highness met Al-Fadhel after the latter attended on...

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing is embarking on a three-week charm offensive with London Stock Exchange investors as the Asian trading house tries to salvage its proposed $39 billion takeover offer....

Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Justice P Lakshman Reddy was sworn in as the first Lokayukta of the state on Sunday....

CAIRO, Sept 15 (KUNA) -- Egyptian Government forces engaged in a firefight with "a group of terrorists" in the region of Jalbanah in North Sinai, the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday. A number of "terrorists" were killed, three security...

New Delhi, Sept 15 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday condoled the death of Army's "canine soldier" Dutch, credited with successfully sniffing out explosives during several military operations. The Raksha Mantri has expressed his c...

By Deepak PatelNew Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Vistara is planning a complete revamp of its frequent-flyer programme "Club Vistara" by increasing the number of partner companies across different segments and moving to a dynamic award-pricing system, a top...

Lucknow, Sep 15 (PTI) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday accused Union Minister of State Santosh Kumar Gangwar of insulting north Indians by saying that recruiters complain of paucity of "quality people" in this part of the...

KUWAIT, Sept 15 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah expressed his deepest sympathies on Sunday over the lives lost when a train derailed in Congo's southeastern province of Tanganyika. His Highness the Amir extended...

PARIS, Sept 15 (KUNA) -- France decried on Sunday the latest drones' attack that targeted installations of the Saudi oil company Aramco in the East of the Kingdom. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that such an attack only lea...

Bengaluru, Sep 15: Four golfers from Bengaluru and one from Delhi, earned the rights to represent India at the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) in Borneo, Malaysia, in late October, as the 11th Karnataka Golf Festival (KGF) concluded at the Karna...

TEHRAN (FNA)- More than 100 women have been killed in France by their spouses since the start of 2019, while figures show the country has a higher rate of femicides than many others in the world....

London, Sep 15: Stuart Broad took out the openers and Jack Leach got Marnus Labuschagne as England continued their march towards a series levelling win at The Oval on Day 4 of the final Ashes Test on Sunday. Steve Smith is still in the middle, thus keepin...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ahmad Dastmalchian warned of his country's counter strategies against western pressures, and said sanctions are the last weapon in Washington's arsenal used against Iran....

Nagpur, Sep 15 (PTI)Veteran industrialist Rahul Bajajvisited the Dr Hedgewar Smruti Mandir premises inMaharashtra's Nagpur city and and paid tributes at the RSSfounder's memorial, a Sangh functionary said on Sunday.Bajaj, who was accompanied by Na...

New Delhi, Sep 15: India skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday said that players getting a chance in the team before the ICC World T20, scheduled to be held next year, will have to prove themselves in a short span of time as the team management is trying to figur...

Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) A cluster of three chikungunya fever cases has been confirmed in New Taipei, all of which were contracted in Taiwan, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Sunday....

Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) A Filipino migrant worker in Taiwan organized a music concert Sunday in Taoyuan to help raise funds to meet the medical bills of his son, who is battling cancer in the Philippines....

Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Sep 15: Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers continued to disappoint at the World Championships as all three missed the Olympic qualification mark, which was at stake here on Sunday....

New Delhi, Sep 15: Indias most consistent sportsperson Pankaj Advani has won his 22nd world title for his country. Since returning for national duty from a brief stint in the UK in 2014, Pankaj has brought home a world title every year in billiards or sno...

Spain beat Argentina 95-75 to win the FIBA Basketball World Cup for the first time since 2006 on Sunday, completing a stunning campaign for a squad considered among the rank outsiders when the 32-team tournament began....

KUWAIT, Sept 15 (KUNA) -- Minister of Health Dr. Bassel Al-Sabah has referred two cases concerning death of a male child at a dentistry center and two children at a hospital to public prosecution. The Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement on Sunday...

A tourist poses for photos at a scenic spot in Huyan Village of Jiancaoping District in Taiyuan City, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 15, 2019. Recent years, Huyan Village has strived to develop flower industry and rural scenic spot to...

Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2019 shows a velvet flower handicraft made by Zhao Shuxian in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. Zhao Shuxian, 65, a representative inheritor of the "velvet flower making techniques", the intangible cul...

BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The text of a speech by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on celebrating the 60th founding anniversary of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, will be p...

BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has issued a set of revised and newly drafted regulations on the Party's rules and normative documents....

Tehran (ISNA) - The 38th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) in Canada will host a number of Iranian feature, short and animation films....

David Cameron's memoirs 'For the Record' are scheduled for release next week where he will reflect on his time as Prime Minister of the UK from 2010 - 2016. First through forming a coalition government with the Lib Dems, then in 2015 winning a...

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Any attempt to impose one language will lead to disruption of the country's unity, the CPI(M) said on Sunday criticising Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comments on Hindi.Shah's statement that "Hindi should be treat...

With climate change a top concern heading into next month...

With climate change a top concern heading into next month...

A wildfire is currently raging on Zakynthos and the blaze has reached the village Keri....

Pot Shorts Cash In On Hazy Profitability Path: Cannabis Weekly...

"SYRIZA's target is a constructive and in parallel strong opposition" SYRIZA leader Alexis......

Meghan Markle celebrated her husband Prince Harry's 35th birthday with a sweet Instagram post Sunday....

Pune, Sep 15 (PTI) Amid protests against the proposedfelling of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony to make way for aMetro car shed, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavison Sunday said it is the government's land which does not fallunder a fores...

Biden Decries 'Domestic Terrorism of White Supremacy'...

Tunisians lined up to choose from a diverse field of candidates on Sunday, in an unpredictable election for a new president at a time of economic pain in the young democracy.'...

Tunisians lined up to choose from a diverse field of candidates on Sunday, in an......

Iran's foreign minister on Sunday refuted allegations by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo his nation was involved in drone attacks that knocked out two oil plants in Saudi Arabia and will likely cause oil prices to increase worldwide....