Afghans risk their lives to vote in delayed Kandahar poll
Middle East
October 27, 2018
Afghans risk their lives to vote in delayed Kandahar poll
Afghans risked their lives to vote in legislative elections in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, after the Taliban-claimed killing of…
Florida suspect charged over 13 bombs in mail
World
October 27, 2018
Florida suspect charged over 13 bombs in mail
A Florida fan of Donald Trump was arrested and charged Friday with mailing 13 bombs to opponents of the…
Gaza rockets hit Israel, army strikes Hamas targets in response
Middle East
October 27, 2018
Gaza rockets hit Israel, army strikes Hamas targets in response
A barrage of rockets from Gaza hit Israel overnight, the army said Saturday, with Israel retaliating with dozens of…
China leads the way as world’s billionaires get richer
Economy
October 26, 2018
China leads the way as world’s billionaires get richer
China produced two new billionaires a week last year as the fortunes of the world’s ultra-rich soared by a…
Home News US probes pipe bombs sent to Trump foes Obama, Clinton, CNN
World
October 25, 2018
Home News US probes pipe bombs sent to Trump foes Obama, Clinton, CNN
US authorities pressed ahead Thursday with an all-out probe into who was behind pipe bombs sent to Barack Obama, Hillary…
Starbucks opens first sign language store in US
Life & Style
October 24, 2018
Starbucks opens first sign language store in US
Rebecca Witzofsky, a 20-year-old deaf student at Gallaudet University in Washington, and her hearing friend Nikolas Carapellatti wanted to…
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft
Middle East
October 24, 2018
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft
Hunched and shriveled, Afghan glassblower Ghulam Sakhi deftly blows and twirls molten glass into delicate blue and green goblets and…
Meghan takes spotlight amid royal fever in Fiji
Life & Style
October 24, 2018
Meghan takes spotlight amid royal fever in Fiji
British royal Meghan Markle sent adoring crowds into a frenzy in Fiji on Wednesday when she took centre stage…
Inside China’s internment camps: tear gas, Tasers and textbooks
World
October 24, 2018
Inside China’s internment camps: tear gas, Tasers and textbooks
On state television, the vocational education center in China’s far west looked like a modern school where happy students…
Bitter taste for Cuba as it imports sugar for the first time
Food
October 24, 2018
Bitter taste for Cuba as it imports sugar for the first time
Sugar: it’s so quintessentially Cuban that even a young, machete-wielding Fidel Castro used to hack away at the cane…