ANKARA: Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel, who was twice toppled by the military during seven stints at the head of government, died early today, according to a hospital official and Turkish media. He was 90. Demirel, who served as prime minister seven times through the 1960s to the 1990s andRead More

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis today called for respect for migrants and suggested that “people and institutions” who close doors to them should seek forgiveness from God. The pope’s appeal, made at the end of his weekly general audience, came a growing debate in Europe on how to deal with anRead More

NEW YORK: Don’t call Chris Christie rich. The Clintons say they still have bills to pay. And Mike Huckabee? Despite his wealth, he was born “blue collar, not blue blood.” Touting one’s humble beginnings has been part of US Presidential contenders’ playbook going back to Abraham Lincoln’s talk of hisRead More

DERRY: In his first official day on the presidential campaign trail on Tuesday, Republican Jeb Bush, a Catholic, had sharp words on Pope Francis’ decision to leap into the climate change debate, saying the pontiff should steer clear of political issues. Bush, at a town hall event in New HampshireRead More

WASHINGTON: The United States plans to provide $5 million to help support a regional military force fighting Nigeria’s Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a state department official said on Tuesday. Boko Haram last year held a vast swathe of territory in northeastern Nigeria of just over 30,000 square kilometers (11,500Read More

LONDON: US First Lady Michelle Obama announced plans for $200 million (177 million euros) in programmes to promote girls’ education worldwide on Tuesday as she visited a London school at the start of a European tour. “I’m here because girls like you impress me and inspire me,” Obama told pupilsRead More

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia would have to defend itself if threatened, adding that NATO is “coming to its borders”. “If someone puts some of our territories under threat, that means we will have to direct our armed forces and modern strike power at those territories,Read More

WASHINGTON: The White House branded Egypt’s sentencing of former president Mohamed Morsi as politically motivated Tuesday, in a sharp rebuke of its uneasy military ally. “We are deeply troubled by the politically motivated sentences that have been handed down against former president Morsi and several others by an Egyptian courtRead More

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he had discussed Syria’s use of chemical weapons with Russia and the international community’s patience with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s behaviour was wearing thin. Speaking to reporters via video conference from Boston, Kerry said he was confident Assad’s government wasRead More

New Delhi, Jun 17 : Rahul Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying change cannot be brought by merely making promises and alleged that poor were being deprived of their rights in the name of development. Putting his weight behind sanitation workers fromRead More