Category: 2. World

England’s Ashes tour teetered on another crisis as they were bowled out for 110 on an almost farcical first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The 20 wickets to fall is the most on the opening day of an Ashes Test since 1909…

WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. — A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week was expected to ease Friday, but there was still a risk of high surf along the coast, flash flooding near Los Angeles and…

UAE-EU Dialogue on Human Rights Holds 13th Meeting, in Abu Dhabi

The UAE-EU Dialogue on Human Rights held its 13th meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The session underscored key…

A US judge has temporarily stopped the Trump administration from detaining British activist Imran Ahmed after he sued officials over an entry ban for alleged online censorship.

The founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate is among five…

Iran’s handwoven carpet industry is suffering an unprecedented decline, with exports falling to their lowest levels on record because of US sanctions and domestic regulations on foreign currency.

Iranians in the business of Persian rugs —…

TOKYO — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense with cruise missiles and unmanned arsenals as…

BANGKOK — BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an exercise that critics say will neither restore the country’s fragile democracy undone by a 2021 army takeover, nor…

President Donald Trump has said the US launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria.

The US leader described IS as ” terrorist scum”, accusing the group of “targeting and viciously killing,…