JERUSALEM: Israel‘s military said it was boosting its forces in the occupied West Bank a day after a Palestinian gunman shot dead seven people on the outskirts of Jerusalem, and…

ROME: Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin, saying he was merely referring to official Catholic moral teaching that teaches that any sexual act outside of…

JERUSALEM: Two people were hurt in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack around Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday, a police spokesman told Israel‘s Army Radio, describing it as a “terrorist attack.”The…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan received only $5.6 billion in foreign loans during the first half of current fiscal year, equal to about one-fourth of the annual budget estimate, due to the cash-starved…

BEIJING: Xi Jinping’s authoritarian rule in China has become a cause of worry for the business community of the country as a lot of them are forced to flee in…

NEAR BAKHMUT, UKRAINE: Ukrainian troops were locked in a “fierce” confrontation with Russian fighters Friday for control of the town of Vugledar southwest of Donetsk as the two sides battle…

WELLINGTON: Police said Saturday that two people had died and two more were missing as record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand’s largest city, causing widespread disruption. Authorities declared a…

Beirut: Protests were held on Friday in several predominantly Muslim countries to denounce the recent desecration of Quran by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands.The protests in countries, including…

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Friday named his former top Covid-19 aide Jeff Zients to White House chief of staff — one of the most crucial positions in an…

JERUSALEM: A gunman killed seven people at an east Jerusalem synagogue on Friday, Israeli police said, in a dramatic escalation of violence that followed a deadly raid in the West…