June2018

Egypt’s shrinking freshwater “Pharaonic Sea” has residents in its nearly 50 surrounding fishing villages worried. The thin 10,000-square kilometre stretch of water just north of the capital was once part of the Nile River, but shrivelling...

Australia coach Justin Langer hopes his side will be better for a “brutal” and record-breaking defeat by England in the third one-day international in Nottingham on Tuesday that was “nothing like” anything he had ever seen...

Several European leaders including those of France, Germany, Italy and Austria will hold talks on Sunday on migration, an issue bringing bitter political divisions to a head in Europe and increasingly in the United States. Sources...

Taliban militants killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a five-year plan to spend 300 billion pesos ($5.6 billion) to modernize the outdated military, defense officials said on Wednesday. A previous 15-year upgrade plan failed to take off in...

Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world’s immigration problems. Speaking to Reuters, the Pope said he supported recent...

A stunning blonde who was hailed by the media as Russia’s most beautiful World Cup fan has been identified as a porno film star. Photos of the girl sporting a tiny white top and traditional Russian...

Times Of India website published a note which was from Bollywood actor Irfan Khan. Actor Irrfan Khan’s fans and the Bollywood fraternity came together to support him after he penned a heartfelt note on his battle...

Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been suspended from his side’s third and final Test against the Windies after he was found guilty of changing the condition of the ball during the second day’s play of...

The United States is set to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, with the US ambassador to the UN calling the organisation a “protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias”....