Tunis: Top diplomats will hold talks in Vienna this month aimed at supporting efforts to end the chaos in Libya, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Monday. On a visit to Tunisia, Gentiloni said he had invited Tunis to join foreign ministers from “the most important countries in the regionRead More

Baghdad: Iraqi officials say a suicide bombing in a commercial area northeast of Baghdad the previous evening killed at least 13 civilians. A police officer said on Tuesday that the bomber blew up his explosives-laden minibus shortly before sunset Monday near a bakery and a falafel restaurant in a ShiiteRead More

Charleston: The Citadel military school in South Carolina has denied a request by a newly admitted student to wear a traditional Muslim headscarf. The Citadel said last month it was considering the woman’s request to wear the head covering known as a hijab. But college president retired Lt. Gen JohnRead More

Washington: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he is open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans and breaking with one of his party’s core policies dating back to the 1990s. “I am willing to pay more,Read More

Riyadh: Saudi King Salman replaced his long-serving oil minister on Saturday as part of a major government overhaul which comes as the kingdom grapples with a slump in energy revenues. The revamp follows last month’s announcement of an ambitious plan to transform Saudi Arabia’s economy to reduce its dependence onRead More

Washington: Four Indian-Americans, including a couple from the Silicon Valley, have been charged in the US with conspiracy to commit H-1B visa fraud among other offences, federal prosecutors have said. The couple — Sunitha Guntipally, Venkat Guntipally along with two others Pratap “Bob” Kondamoori and Sandhya Ramireddi have been chargedRead More

Dubai: India has advised its nationals residing in Kuwait to comply with local residency and visa laws as a number of expatriates have been arrested for overstaying and other violations. “Some expatriates have been arrested in Kuwait due to overstaying their residence visas and for other violations. Furthermore, there areRead More

Islamabad: A feminist author hit back Monday at Pakistan for censoring her article on Muslim women and sex, saying the ban exposed the depth of gender discrimination in the deeply conservative Islamic country. Egyptian-American Mona Eltahawy, an award-winning journalist who is a vocal public speaker on women’s rights, penned aRead More

Paris: A 16-year-old Catholic girl who converted to Islam has been banned from attending a school in France for wearing a long skirt that was deemed an “ostentatious religious symbol” by the headmaster. The skirt — popular among some Muslim women – reached beyond her knees and down to herRead More

Washington: US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders vowed to keep fighting for the Democratic nomination all the way to the convention in Philadelphia but has kept the door ajar on the possibility of being his current rival Hillary Clinton’s running mate. “Right now, we are focused on the next five weeksRead More