PARIS: Ten months after their capture in Syria, four French journalists crossed the border into neighbouring Turkey and reached freedom on Saturday, though dozens more remain held in the country'…

KARACHI: At least 42 people were killed and 17 wounded in southern Pakistan yesterday when a bus collided with a tractor, police said. The dead and injured included women and children. The…

TOKYO: Japan's defence minister said yesterday there had been an "abnormal" number of flights by Russian military aircraft close to Japanese islands in recent days. The country's air defence…

A SHOOTOUT took place yesterday at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, which the insurgents and the Ukrainian police said left at least one person dead and others…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's embattled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf flew to Karachi on Saturday to undergo medical tests, according to close aides, two days before he was due to appear in…

JERUSALEM: Police here arrested 16 Palestinians yesterday as they clashed with demonstrators at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a sensitive holy site. "This morning, after the site was opened for…