December 23, 2015 - Page 5

Britain’s departure from the EU would be a “very serious crisis” for Europe, Polish President Andrzej Duda warned in an interview with the BBC on Wednesday. “Let’s not pretend, a UK exit

It was an irresistible promise: elect me, I’ll bring back Japan’s once-soaring economy and restore its battered national pride. Three years later, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing the enormity of his

Rwanda will not contribute troops to a peacekeeping mission in neighbouring Burundi, President Paul Kagame said, as he rejected claims his country was arming refugees as rebels. The 54-member African Union said

A woman was killed and another wounded after an explosion of unknown origin on Wednesday at Istanbul’s second international airport, Turkish television reports said. Airport cleaner Zehra Yamac, 30, died of head

Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump fought off fresh accusations of sexism Tuesday after he coined a vulgar new term of abuse while attacking rival Hillary Clinton. Whipping up a raucous crowd

Bare-foot, with rattles on his ankles and wearing a colourful beaded ceremonial skirt, a white boy with short blond hair makes shamanic-like dance moves to a frantic drum beat. Kyle Todd is

South Korea announced Wednesday the official end to a deadly outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) that killed 36 people and sparked widespread panic in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Seoul’s health ministry

The dollar retreated against most of its major peers and emerging market currencies Wednesday, as analysts predict the Federal Reserve could hold off another hike in borrowing costs until April. As the

The father of toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose lifeless body on a Turkish beach became a symbol of the refugee crisis, has made a Christmas appeal to the world to open its doors

Greece’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill granting same-sex couples the right to a civil union, becoming one of the last European countries to give them legal recognition after years of opposition