MOSCOW, March 16 - Russia has taken control of 12 settlements in Ukraine in the first two weeks of March as part of advances along the front line in eastern and southern Ukraine, Russian state-run ...

WASHINGTON, March 16 - Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated as wrongfully detained in Iran 61-year-old Jewish ...

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LONDON, March 16 - Brentford striker Igor Thiago celebrated his maiden call-up by Brazil with a 19th Premier League goal of ...

CAIRO, March 16 - Iraq's interior ministry said on Monday that a drone hit a hotel in Baghdad without causing casualties or ...

It could lead to a protracted conflict with devastating humanitarian consequences, the leaders said in a joint statement.

Cuba has received only two small vessels carrying oil imports this year amid a US-imposed blockade. Read more at straitstimes ...

WASHINGTON, March 16 - The number of U.S. troops wounded in the war against Iran has risen to about 200, the U.S. military ...

DUBAI, March 16 - Gulf Arab states did not ask the U.S. to go to war with Iran, but many are now urging it not to stop short ...

New Iranian leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was believed to have been wounded in a strike. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In our cosmopolitan and fast-paced society, the scarcity of time is acutely felt. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Pakistani airstrike purportedly hit a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, killing civilians. Read more at ...