TOKYO: Amid growing tension between Washington and North Korea, the mayor of Nagasaki said Wednesday that the fear of another nuclear bomb attack...
TOKYO: Amid growing tension between Washington and North Korea, the mayor of Nagasaki said Wednesday that the fear of another nuclear bomb attack...
JIUZHAIGOU, China: A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including six tourists,...
Gandhinagar: Ahmed Patel on Wednesday dealt a severe blow to the BJP when he won the Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat in a...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Hundreds of protesters demanding better resettlement options for villagers displaced by a dam in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh,...
CHENNAI, India: Police in south India have launched a hotline to prevent “honour killings”, the first initiative of its kind in the country...
Ankara: Turkey has begun building a "security wall" along part of its border with Iran, regional officials said Tuesday, in a move aimed...
JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma again survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Tuesday in the most serious attempt yet to unseat him...
Tenerife, Spain: Authorities in Spain's Canary Islands kept beaches open to the public Tuesday but warned holidaymakers against touching potentially irritating microalgae blooms...
Washington: An Iranian drone flew within 100 feet (30 meters) of a US Naval jet Tuesday as the American plane was trying to...
SINGAPORE: A 60-year-old Singaporean man is under investigation for inserting toothpicks into a seat on a public bus, a suspected case of "mischief"...
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani put forward a new cabinet line-up on Tuesday that was immediately criticised by reformists for its lack of...
SYDNEY: Police in Australia, Dubai and the Netherlands have arrested 17 people and seized nearly two tonnes of narcotics in raids the Australian...
NAGAPATTINAM, India: Last year farmer Veeramani leased a modest plot of land from his village temple in southern India to grow rice. He...
DAKAR: Children in conflict-ravaged central Democratic Republic of Congo are suffering ‘terrible acts of abuse’, having been forced into armed groups, drugged and...
DAKAR: Escalating militia violence and a surge in attacks on aid workers in northern Mali are restricting the delivery of food and healthcare...
ABOARD the MS AQUARIUS: Fishermen at a Tunisian port on Sunday prevented a ship carrying far-right anti-immigration activists from docking, dealing a fresh...
YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi’s first major infrastructure project could hardly be more visible - hundreds of new yellow buses now plying the...
VIENNA: Twin panda cubs born and raised at Vienna Zoo celebrated their first birthday very differently on Monday: one gorged on snacks in...
