NEW DELHI: Polling for local assembly elections in two Indian states was held Saturday and concluded largely peacefully, local election officials said, in...
NEW DELHI: Polling for local assembly elections in two Indian states was held Saturday and concluded largely peacefully, local election officials said, in...
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: At least one person was injured Saturday as a IS-linked group is suspected of setting off a roadside bomb in...
NEW YORK: The United Nations Friday removed the name of an Afghan rebel leader from its list of designated terrorists. In a statement,...
KARACHI, Pakistan: Renowned Pakistani novelist and playwright Bano Qudsia died Saturday in the northeastern city of Lahore at age 88, her family and...
YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar police have arrested a key suspect in connection with the assassination of a high-profile Muslim lawyer last Sunday, state-run media...
New Delhi: Millions of Indians began voting Saturday in regional elections seen as the first major test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday introduced a bill on demonetisation in the Lok Sabha to formally make the banning of `500...
Beijing: China’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday that it hoped the government-funded Confucius Institute could continue to play a role in South Korea after...
New Delhi: Indian police have busted an Internet scam in which around 650,000 people lost a combined `37bn ($549m) after sending money to...
Beijing: US President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, said he would help increase trade in a “win-win” for both...
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi journalist was killed while covering clashes between two factions of the ruling Awami League party in a northern district, police...
Chennai: Port authorities in Chennai have impounded a BW LPG vessel and a local ship carrying heavy fuel oil, and detained their crews,...
GENEVA: Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned their villages since October in a campaign...
BANGKOK: More than 2,000 migrant workers at a major Thai seafood exporting company have called for bigger bonuses and better welfare benefits, a...
Gurdaspur, India: Opium addict Rajendar usually has to beg, steal or borrow to get his fix but at election season in India's Punjab...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: The emergence of a new strain of highly drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia, Thailand and Laos could have devastating consequences on...
KUALA LUMPUR: A pilot scheme to give work to Rohingya refugees in Malaysia is to be launched next month, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad...
Tokyo: Japan's Supreme Court has rejected a man's demand that news search results of his arrest on sex charges be deleted from Google,...
