Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court on Tuesday ruled to disqualify two pro-independence lawmakers from parliament, a week after Beijing said it would...
Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court on Tuesday ruled to disqualify two pro-independence lawmakers from parliament, a week after Beijing said it would...
Bangkok: The long-delayed trial of two Uighur men accused of bombing a Bangkok shrine finally kicked off Tuesday as a military court allowed...
Colombo: Sri Lanka is investigating whether the army was involved in a recent wave of violence in the minority Tamil heartland of Jaffna,...
Kabul: After two winters without snow, Kabul residents are anxiously scouring the hills for the first flakes, wary that the depletion of this...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand emergency services and defence personnel began evacuating hundreds of tourists and residents from a small South Island town amid more...
NEW DELHI: India’s efforts to improve the lives of its children are failing due to meagre government spending on the youth, Nobel peace...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Indians to give him more time to resolve a cash crunch that followed the...
Dhaka: Bangladesh took delivery on Monday of its first submarines, bought from China, as it seeks to boost its naval power in the...
New Delhi: Fifty days of pain is what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked people to endure for his sudden demonetisation move. But...
Kolkata: Indians spend close to $2.4 million annually to get their scientific research output published in different open access (OA) journals, authors of...
Jakarta: Skygazers took to high-rise buildings, observatories and beaches Monday to get a glimpse of the closest "supermoon" to Earth in almost seven...
BEIJING: The brightest moon in almost 69 years will be lighting up the sky this week in a treat for star watchers around...
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Monday that Islamic State militants driven out of Syria and Iraq could set up in his...
MANILA: A fire that raged for seven hours through a crowded Manila slum community killed two people and left close to 1,500 families...
Tokyo: South Korea and Japan reached a controversial deal Monday to share defence intelligence, Japanese officials said, despite protests from opposition parties and...
Chiang Mai, Thailand: Tourist arrivals to Thailand have not been hit by a strict mourning period for late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, authorities said...
Seoul: South Korean prosecutors on Monday questioned two former key presidential aides over allegations they helped a shadowy confidant of President Park Geun-Hye...
British insurer Standard Life said on Monday that India's insurance watchdog had "expressed reservations" in accepting the current deal terms for the purchase...
