Jakarta: An Indonesian air traffic controller is being posthumously hailed as a hero for refusing to leave his post despite devastating earthquakes so...
Jakarta: An Indonesian air traffic controller is being posthumously hailed as a hero for refusing to leave his post despite devastating earthquakes so...
JAKARTA: The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi rose to 832 on Sunday, the national disaster...
Palu, Indonesia: Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said...
Shibushi, Japan: A powerful typhoon pummelled Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday, injuring at least 17, as weather officials warned the storm would...
PALU, Indonesia: A tsunami that hit two central Indonesian cities swept away buildings and pulverized a substantial bridge, dumping victims caught in its...
NEW YORK: A Philippines human rights commission opened hearings in New York on Thursday into whether oil companies violate human rights by causing...
India’s top court has extended the house arrest of a group of activists and lawyers who were swept up in a nationwide police...
Islamabad: The Pakistani premier's house milked its livestock reserves Thursday as dozens gathered for a buffalo auction in the capital Islamabad, in the...
Hanoi: Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang, a lifelong communist stalwart with a reputation as a hardliner, was buried in his home village Thursday...
UNITED NATIONS: Jacinda Ardern knows all about juggling her role as a mother with the requirements of her job. The prime minister of...
Sydney: Australian shoppers need to back farmers besieged by a contaminated fruit scare, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday, as it emerged Singapore's...
PHNOM PENH: As aid workers rushed to vaccinate Rohingya refugees against measles earlier this year, rumours swirled through the overcrowded camps in Bangladesh...
BANDUNG, Indonesia: Indonesian officials touted a new agrarian reform law as a major step forward in an ambitious land distribution programme, but activists...
RAIGAUN, Nepal: On a recent summer morning, Suntali Rai was busy counting and stacking zinc sheets as she prepared to lay them on...
New Delhi: She was at the peak of her career when she decided to step into motherhood, but tennis star Sania Mirza, who...
BANGKOK, The Thai capital is considering jailing people who feed pigeons in public to try to eliminate the risk of bird flu and...
Mumbai, A passenger was kicked off an Indian flight after he tried to access the cockpit to charge his phone, the airline said...
Sydney, Australia's scandal-plagued banks are braced for "judgement day", as a public inquiry into industry misconduct prepares to publish its initial findings after...
