Photo : Muslims offer Eid al-Azha prayers outside al-Seddik mosque in Cairo Muslims across the world are celebrating the festival of Eid ul-Azha, which coincides with the final rites of the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.   While many will celebrate on Tuesday, millions of others, including in South Asia, will celebrate the start of the religious holiday the day after.  ...

Photo: Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a lecture titled “Myanmar’s Democratic Transition: Challenges and Way Forward” at the 43rd Singapore Lecture organized by the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute on Tuesday. Singapore, Aug 21 : Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says it is difficult to put a time frame on the return to Rakhine state of ethnic ...

A Swedish jet fighter has crashed in southern Sweden, apparently after striking a bird. Sweden’s Armed Forces says Tuesday that the pilot of the Swedish-built JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet ejected safely after the bird strike.   He has been taken to a nearby hospital, likely for checks.   The plane crashed near Karlskrona — 160 kilometers (99 miles) east ...

US President Donald Trump has said he is worried he might face perjury charges if he gives statements under oath to the investigation into Russia’s alleged role in his election victory. He told Reuters news agency he feared any discrepancies between his account and others could be used against him.   Mr Trump also suggested he could take over the ...

Islamic militants launched a series of attacks Monday in Russia’s southern province of Chechnya, leaving five young militants dead and several police officers wounded, officials said. The violence indicated the Islamist insurgency remains active in the mostly Muslim province despite authorities’ claims that it has been eradicated. It follows an attack on a Russian Orthodox church in May that left ...

Rio de Janeiro’s drug war hit a bloody crescendo Monday when at least 11 suspected criminals and two soldiers were reported killed in a huge military sweep through impoverished favelas and during a rush-hour police car chase.   The military command heading security in Brazil’s second biggest city said the two troops killed were the first lost since conservative President ...

At least 19 people have been killed in an Islamist militant attack on a village in north-east Nigeria, a survivor of the attack said. The strike is the latest blow to Nigeria’s efforts to defeat insurgencies by the Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram group and Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA).   In recent months, the military has suffered its heaviest ...

The Royal Household Bureau, Thailand’s Queen Sirikit, center, is visited by her children King Maha Vjiralongkorn and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at the Chitralada Palace on the Queen’s 86th birthday in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. Bangkok, Aug 20 : Thailand’s Queen Sirikit is being treated in a hospital for the flu, the royal palace announced Monday. The ...

Muslim pilgrims have gathered in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer that marks the pinnacle of the annual hajj.   Some 2 million pilgrims packed shoulder to shoulder early Monday for an emotional day of repentance and supplication.  It was on this day some 1,400 years ago that Islam’s Prophet Muhammad is said ...

In this April 23, 2018, file photo a car is filled with gasoline at a station in Windham, N.H. Washington, Aug 20 : Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs. The ...