Zurich: Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters have soared by 63 percent to strike an estimated $306 billion in 2017, reinsurance...
Zurich: Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters have soared by 63 percent to strike an estimated $306 billion in 2017, reinsurance...
Kabul: At least five ISIS militants including a shadow judge of the group have been killed in the latest operations of the Afghan...
Maarshurin, Syria: Overnight air strikes killed 19 civilians, seven of them children, in a residential district of a town in northwestern Syria, a...
New Delhi: India on Wednesday unveiled a new weapon against air pollution -- an "anti-smog gun" which authorities hope will clear the skies...
Mexico City: A bus carrying tourists from US cruise ships to an archeological site in Mexico crashed Tuesday after running off the road,...
VIC/CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES, Spain: Catalonia votes on Thursday for a new administration in an election many hope will resolve Spain's worst crisis in...
SID, Serbia: Mudassir, 18, from Pakistan's city of Peshawar has tried to enter the European Union 30 times but was always caught and...
Seoul: South Korean President Moon Jae-In has proposed delaying annual joint military exercises with the US in an effort to reduce tensions with...
WASHINGTON, The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Wednesday was expected to give final approval to a sweeping tax bill and send it...
LONDON, Back from Brussels with a hard-fought Brexit deal, Prime Minister Theresa May wrote an open letter to the three million citizens of...
Manila, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the military to suspend operations against communist rebels over Christmas, the government said Wednesday, despite ending...
HONG KONG, As Hong Kong seeks more land to help ease a worsening housing crisis, some lawmakers and activists are urging officials to...
Yangon, Myanmar's army said it found 10 corpses in a mass grave in a largely Rohingya village in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, the...
Washington: The White House on Tuesday publicly accused North Korea of launching a massive cyberattack that hit 150 countries last May -- hobbling...
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq: Five people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday as security forces opened fire during clashes with protesters...
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq: Five people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan Tuesday as security forces opened fire during clashes with protesters, an...
Cairo: An Egyptian military court sentenced a colonel to six years in prison on Tuesday after he announced plans to stand in the...
New Delhi: A metro train crashed through the walls of a station during a trial run in New Delhi on Tuesday, just days...
