Confrontation with the US would be disastrous for both countries as well as the world, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday addressing an annual bilateral dialogue in Beijing. "Both sides should keep the big picture in sight and grasp the general goal of ...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said yesterday he would not give in to "moral blackmail" after a dozen mothers in an asylum seeker camp reportedly attempted suicide in the hope their children could be settled in the country. The Sydney Morning Herald ...

After the shellacking Germany gave Brazil last night, there is little chance that the second semifinal of the 2014 World Cup will live up to the demands of heightened adrenalin levels. In the first and stunning semifinal, Brazil fans traversed a gamut of ...

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil -- Brazilians are having a difficult time trying to fathom how it all went wrong so quickly against Germany in the World Cup semifinals. With the humiliating 7-1 loss still very raw for Brazil supporters, players struggled to find ...

SummaryA fine half-century by opener Murali Vijay helped India reach 106 for one at lunch after Shikhar Dhawan's early fall in the first Test against England at Trent Bridge today. Related Articles. Srinivasan must step down as BCCI chief, says enraged ...

chris froome puch A battered Chris Froome is helped back into the race by one of Sky's backroom staff after crashing on Stage Four. Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA. Chris Froome fell again in the Tour de France just 25 kilometres into Wednesday's fifth stage.

Israeli missiles hit smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali). Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Yasser al-Banna. OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny ...

Brazil's humiliating loss to Germany in the semi-finals of the ongoing FIFA World Cup on Tuesday had a telling effect on its national media as well. While vernacular newspapers used extreme adjectives to express dejection at the decimation of Brazilian ...

Netherlands' Arjen Robben (right) warms up ahead of his team's World Cup semifinal against Argentina. Photo: Reuters. Sao Paulo: With a rampant Germany awaiting in the final, Argentina and the Netherlands face selection dilemmas going into their World ...

A statue of a bull stands in front of an electronic board displaying the closing figure of the Jakarta Composite Index at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2013. (Bloomberg Photo/Dimas Ardian). Jakarta. Indonesian stocks will rise on ...

Amal Alamuddin's mother Baria has reportedly objected to her daughter's decision to wed George Clooney as he's not a Druze Muslim. An insider close to Alamuddin's family said that one would think the human rights lawyer has hit the jackpot with Clooney, ...

“I was only answering a journalist question who said he has learned about this intention on the UNHCR website,” Derbas said. (The Daily Star/Dalati Nohra, HO). Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. The Daily Star. BEIRUT: Social Affairs Minister ...

“I was only answering a journalist question who said he has learned about this intention on the UNHCR website,” Derbas said. (The Daily Star/Dalati Nohra, HO). Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. The Daily Star. BEIRUT: Social Affairs Minister ...

“I was only answering a journalist question who said he has learned about this intention on the UNHCR website,” Derbas said. (The Daily Star/Dalati Nohra, HO). Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. The Daily Star. BEIRUT: Social Affairs Minister ...

Brazil's 7-1 defeat at the hands of Germany in the first 2014 World Cup semi-final broke records online as well as on the pitch. The game went down as the worst loss in Brazil's history, the biggest World Cup semi-final scoreline ever, saw Miroslav Klose ...

But stage four of the 2014 Tour de France – the first to take place on French soil – was anything but straight-forward. Marcel Kittel, Tour de France, 2014, Giant-Shimano, stage four, Marcel Kittel won stage four of the Tour de France but it was far from the ...

Palestinian militants have fired more rockets at Israeli cities after Israel carried out dozens of overnight air strikes on the Gaza Strip. Israel said it had intercepted eight rockets over Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Ashdod on Wednesday morning. The health ministry in ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian investigators say they have arrested and charged a Ukrainian air force pilot, whose plane was shot down during fighting, with killing two Russian journalists. Ukraine has been rocked by fighting between pro-Russia rebels and ...

has warned that as many as 324,000 Lebanese will be without jobs by the end of 2014 if the state does not reduce the competition from the refugees. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir). Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. The Daily Star.

A polling centre official holds up a ballot during a tally of Indonesia's presidential election in Jakarta on July 9, 2014. Uncertainty reigned in Indonesia on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, after both presidential candidates claimed victory in a hard-fought race, raising ...