June 19, 2015 - Page 4

The United Nations on Friday appealed for $1.6 billion to help the 21 million people in need of aid in war-torn Yemen, warning of a “looming catastrophe”. The money is needed to

Military posturing and increasingly hostile rhetoric between Russia and the West are raising the risk of an accidental slide towards a wider conflict that neither nuclear-armed side wants, experts warn. Within days

Yemen’s warring factions want to make military advances on the ground before accepting a humanitarian pause proposed by the UN at deadlocked negotiations in Geneva, experts say. So far, no advances have

Vietnam on Friday said it will waive visas for travellers from five more European countries including Britain and France as authorities move to boost the country’s declining tourism industry. Travellers from Britain,

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe called Friday for countries to treat migrants “humanely”, as the EU struggles to cope with tens of thousands of people arriving in rickety boats.

A suspected stowaway is being treated in a London hospital after being found unconscious on Thursday on a British Airways flight from Johannesburg after the plane had landed, British police said on

Pakistani officials said Friday they have arrested two suspects in connection with the 2010 murder of a politician in London, including one wanted by Scotland Yard. The government paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC)

South Korea said Friday that the MERS outbreak that has killed 24 people appears to have begun subsiding, as it reported one new case — the lowest rate of new infections in

Israel’s culture minister, who has clashed with the country’s artistic elite over accusations of censorship, has further fuelled the dispute by calling some of them “petty bores” and “hypocrites”. Less than two