MOSCOW: The duration of planned intra-Syrian talks in Kazakhstan's capital Astana is "uncertain", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. "It is uncertain now...
MOSCOW: The duration of planned intra-Syrian talks in Kazakhstan's capital Astana is "uncertain", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. "It is uncertain now...
ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: Eight fishermen have been killed in an attack by suspected pirates off troubled southern Mindanao island, according to the...
TOKYO: A landmark bilateral agreement concerning Korean women conscripted into Japanese Imperial Army brothels during World War II is unraveling as Tokyo has...
KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan Monday said it had “successfully” test-fired its first submarine-launched cruise missile, the Babur-3, with a range of 450 kilometers, an...
Kabul: Twin bombs went off near the Afghan parliament in Kabul Tuesday, officials said, with major casualties feared in the rush-hour attack that...
KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up near parliament offices in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, an attack that was followed immediately by...
SEOUL: South Korea’s Constitutional Court is getting tougher on impeached President Park Geun-hye, as it loses time within its six-month window to decide...
BANGKOK: The death toll from massive flooding in Thailand’s south has risen to 25 as heavy rains continue to pound the region, affecting...
YANGON, Myanmar: A United Nations human rights envoy has been prevented from traveling to conflict areas in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State due to...
KABUL, Afghanistan: At least eight people were killed in a Taliban suicide attack in southern Helmand province on Monday, police said. The noon...
BANGKOK: A wealthy Thai Buddhist temple that foiled two massive police operations last year has denied resisting a legal process against its honorary...
CHENNAI, India: A commercial painter by trade, K. Raja dreamed of setting up his own business in Surya Nagar slum, in the southern...
MUMBAI: Women’s groups in India are planning nationwide rallies on Jan. 21 to protest the alleged mass molestation in the city of Bengaluru...
Colombo: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday overturned a 26-year-old decree that required top bureaucrats to wear a suit and tie, saying...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: In early December, representatives from Cambodia’s opposition party had said they were close to securing the release of four human...
Yangon: At least 65,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar -- a third of them over the past week -- since the...
YANGON, Myanmar: A United Nations human rights envoy is visiting Myanmar amid growing international concern over allegations against the military, including reports of...
SEOUL: South Korea warned its northern neighbor Monday it will only face more sanctions if it tests an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as...
