WASHINGTON, Oct 6 — US President Donald Trump said today he will use his own money to pay for political ads ahead of November’s midterm elections, an about-face after drawing fire

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 — President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist who shot dead 13 people at a military base in

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 — A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress — and the power to put President Donald Trump on the defensive for the

TAIZ, Oct 5 — Yemen’s military backed by Saudi jets attacked Houthi targets on Monday as they launched an ambitious campaign to recapture all territory from the Iran-backed group after

LONDON, Oct 5 — Disgraced ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched a legal challenge over search warrants for his royal homes issued before his February arrest, Britain’s judiciary confirmed Monday, in

YANGON, Oct 5 — Myanmar warned citizens to expect scheduled power outages starting Monday, saying the electrical grid is being strained by an unseasonable heatwave it blamed on the El

BANGKOK, Oct 5 — Thailand is stepping up efforts to prevent flooding and transport disruptions from affecting next week’s annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank

JAKARTA, Oct 5 — Indonesia expanded its armed forces with 204 new military units, including six regional commands and 180 territorial development infantry units, as President Prabowo Subianto called for

  WASHINGTON, Oct 5 — The United States confirmed yesterday that it has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the British airbase of RAF Fairford, with officials telling US media that the

  HANOI, Oct 5 — Vietnamese police have arrested 12 men accused of stealing nearly 2,700 cats during night raids into residential neighbourhoods, taking the pets to be slaughtered for