London: The naked bodies of two British tourists were found on a Thai beach Monday, police said, sparking a murder probe on the popular resort island of Koh Tao. The unidentified man and woman, both aged 24, were found stripped with several wounds to their bodies close to a beachside bungalowRead More

Vienna: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog sought to put pressure on Iran on Monday to address concerns about its suspected atomic bomb research, three weeks after Tehran failed to meet a deadline for providing information about the issue. Confirming the findings of a confidential report by the UNRead More

Wellington : Former National Security Agency systems analyst turned leaker Edward Snowden says the NSA is collecting mass surveillance data on New Zealanders through its XKeyscore program and has set up a facility in the South Pacific nation to tap into vast amounts of data. Snowden talked via video linkRead More

Warsaw: Poland’s president has appointed Parliament Speaker Ewa Kopacz to be the next prime minister and given her the task of assembling the new Cabinet. Kopacz succeeds Donald Tusk, who resigned as government leader after being chosen to head the European Council. Kopacz said today she will compose a “goodRead More

Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday he had vetoed a US invitation to cooperate in fighting Islamic State, but Washington insisted it would not coordinate militarily with Iran against the militants. “The American ambassador in Iraq asked our ambassador (in Iraq) for a session to discussRead More

London, British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to appeal to Scots’ emotions on his last visit to Scotland before this week’s historic referendum by warning them on Monday that a vote to leave the United Kingdom would be irreversible. With opinion polls suggesting the referendum remains too close toRead More

LAGOS: Rescue workers have pulled three more bodies from a collapsed guesthouse at a megachurch in Nigeria’s financial capital Lagos, raising the death toll to 45, emergency services said on Monday. Ibrahim Farinloye, southwest coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said by text message that 45 bodies hadRead More

Cairo: Top Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 14 others were on Monday sentenced to life in prison by an Egyptian court on charges of murder and inciting violence during a protest near Cairo last year. The Giza Criminal Court sentenced Badie, 71, and 14 others on various charges thatRead More

Vancouver,  The New Democrats are promising to bring back the minimum wage for employees who work in federally regulated sectors. NDP leader Tom Mulcair announced on Saturday that if the NDP forms the next government it would set a minimum wage of $15 an hour for those who work in companiesRead More

Toronto, Last-minute Toronto mayoral candidate Doug Ford won’t hit the campaign trail until Monday, but his political rivals were already on the offensive this weekend. Mayoral candidates Olivia Chow and John Tory slammed Doug Ford’s track record as a city councillor on Saturday, while offering their best wishes to hisRead More