Kabul:The Afghan Eduction Ministry yesterday said the Islamic State terror group has kidnapped 14 teachers from Nangarhar province. The ministry said the incident...
Kabul:The Afghan Eduction Ministry yesterday said the Islamic State terror group has kidnapped 14 teachers from Nangarhar province. The ministry said the incident...
Jalalabad: At least seven civilians, including a women and three children, were killed when their truck hit a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan...
Islamabad: At least 135 Pakistani fishermen are currently detained in Indian jails, the country’s Foreign Office said in its report to the Supreme...
Beijing: China has appointed a new governor of Tibet, one of the country’s most politically sensitive regions, state news agency Xinhua reported yesterday....
Kolkata: A stampede in eastern India killed six women yesterday as devotees returning from a religious festival rushed to get onto a jetty,...
Colombo: Sri Lanka is building a mega port city project in its capital Colombo that will transform the country into an international financial...
Sydney: A Japanese ship has been caught with a slaughtered whale in the Antarctic in defiance of an international court decision against Tokyo's...
Myanmar: Muslim villagers in western Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state said yesterday that they hope positive change will result from a UN envoy's visit...
Moscow: Russia is facing increased cyber attacks from abroad, a senior security official was quoted yesterday as saying, responding to Western accusations that...
Vienna: THE number of migrants applying for asylum in Austria more than halved in 2016 and did not breach a cap introduced early...
Nicosia: A working group due to convene on January 18 to hammer out security arrangements for a post-settlement Cyprus will meet for two...
Frankfurt: Facebook said yesterday it would update its social media platforms in Germany within weeks to reduce the dissemination of fake news. “Last...
Berlin: A fierce internal critic of German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced yesterday she would resign from centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, accusing...
Kansas City: A third wave of sleet and drizzle could hit parts of the central US, weather officials said, and temperatures threaten to...
Omaha, Nebraska: A man convicted in the murder case that inspired the 1999 movie Boys Don’t Cry has joined a fellow death row...
New York: A NEW York fashion designer who calls himself the “curator of cool” was arrested in Mexico and sent to the United...
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives approved yesterday a controversial labour reform called for by a federal control board overseeing...
Orlando, Florida: An Orlando police sergeant who was gunned down was remembered yesterday at her funeral service as someone who put everyone at...
