The dog was sitting alone, panting, inside a train, its chain leash tied to a seat. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

India test-fired its Agni-5 missile, capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, in Odisha state on August 20th. The launch validated "all operational and technical parameters" amid rising US ...

Texas legislators on Wednesday took up a new state congressional map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats ...

NEW YORK - A U.S. judge denied on Wednesday the Justice Department's bid to unseal records from the grand jury that indicted ...

An alert and story on the Malian army saying more than 149 soldiers had been killed by militants from an al Qaeda-linked group was based on a fake press release and is being withdrawn. Read more at ...

Al Qaeda-linked militants killed 21 soldiers during coordinated attacks in Mali on Tuesday, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based non-governmental organization that tracks online ...

Israel's military has taken the first steps of a planned operation to take over Gaza City, Israeli military spokesman ...

Former real estate mogul Mr Trump made more than 600 financial purchases since taking office. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BRASILIA - The judge at the center of escalating tensions between Brazil and the United States told Reuters he is counting on a change of heart from President Donald Trump to unwind sanctions against ...

A woman wearing the scarf was denied entry to the Buchenwald concentration camp in April. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON - European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is happy to have a good headache as decision-day looms to finalise his team ...

SAO PAULO/PARIS - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke by phone on Wednesday with his French counterpart ...