
SOCIETY
Hammond in hot water for Saudi gift
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is coming under increasing fire over accepting a £2000 watch from a Saudi billionaire.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is coming under increasing fire over accepting a £2000 watch from a Saudi billionaire.

US President Barack Obama urges world leaders to reach a deal to counter the threat of climate change.

Daimler AG's commercial vehicles division says it is in talks with potential partners in Iran to resume production in the country.

Some 150 world leaders are in Paris to reach a highly-anticipated deal on climate.

Donald Trump has insisted he was "100 percent right" when he claimed thousands of Muslims in New Jersey cheered the 9/11 attacks.

The Saudi monarchy is trying to buy influence in Washington by giving US officials expensive gifts, says an analyst.

Firebrand US senators seek troop deployment in Syria to dislodge Russia, says analyst.

Iran denounces a recent terrorist attack in Nigeria targeting Shia Muslims in the state of Kano.

South Korean lawmakers approve a free trade agreement with China to expand relations with their biggest trade partner despite protests by farmers.

The body of the Russian pilot killed after his plane downed by Turkey has been sent to Moscow from Ankara.

At least four people are killed and 18 others injured in a spate of bomb attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

South Africa declares a drought disaster in five provinces due to the El Nino climate cycle.

Ayatollah Khamenei says the mass march toward Karbala to mark Arba’een is the combination of devotion and faith.

At least 30 people are killed in clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The US Embassy in Afghanistan has warned American citizens about 'imminent' terror attacks in the Afghan capital.

An Afghan policy research group says the US strike on a charity-run hospital in Afghanistan may have been intentional.

At least eight civilians are killed and several others injured in fresh Saudi airstrikes against Yemen.

The University of Chicago has closed down its main campus following the FBI’s warning of a terror threat.