Hong Kong: Hong Kong police said Friday they have arrested a man for arson after a fire engulfed a subway train, injuring 17...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong police said Friday they have arrested a man for arson after a fire engulfed a subway train, injuring 17...
Karo: A rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island spewed clouds of smoke and ash high into the air Friday, the latest in a...
Washington: President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opened two days of talks yesterday looking to cement a decades-old alliance between Japan...
Islamabad: National Security Adviser of Pakistan, retired Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua (pictured), yesterday expressed satisfaction over improvement in the security situation in...
Manila: The Philippines will review an order to close two dozen mines, the government said yesterday, after the decision sparked concern over jobs...
BEIJING: President Donald Trump reaffirmed Washington's long-standing "one China" policy in a call with Beijing's leader, a move that could ease anger in...
New Delhi: There appears no clear front-runner among the three major contestants - BJP, SP-Congress and BSP - in the 73 seats going...
Shanghai: A Chinese court said yesterday it had sentenced eight people to jail for selling the personal data of more than 5,000 newborns....
Mumbai: An Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman will fly to India for weight reduction surgery Saturday after intervention from the...
Dhaka: Bangladesh is working with Myanmar security forces to stop Rohingya militants crossing their shared border, but will continue to allow women, children...
Colombo: Sri Lanka opened its first hybrid power plant yesterday which will generate 60MW of electricity, a spokesman said. The Power and Energy...
Myanmar: The human rights group Amnesty International is urging Myanmar's government to suspend operations at a copper mine jointly owned by its army...
Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala suffered a huge setback in the tussle for Tamil Nadu chief ministership as Governor C Vidyasagar...
Beijing: China is investigating seven people, mostly security officials, in the restive deep south of troubled Xinjiang region on suspicion of graft, the...
Jakarta: Twelve Indonesians, including three children, have been killed on the holiday island of Bali after landslides triggered by heavy rains engulfed several...
Bangkok: Thai authorities are trying to clean up a massive, one-kilometre long tangle of trash, officials said yesterday, calling it the largest garbage...
Bangkok: A prominent student activist was indicted yesterday in the first royal defamation case brought under Thailand's new monarch, his lawyer said, after...
Kabul: The Afghan Defence Ministry welcomed yesterday suggestions by the commander of international forces in Afghanistan that more troops were needed to train...
