Hong Kong: The mysterious disappearance from Hong Kong of Xiao Jianhua, a China-born billionaire, has sent a chill through mainland business circles linked...
Hong Kong: The mysterious disappearance from Hong Kong of Xiao Jianhua, a China-born billionaire, has sent a chill through mainland business circles linked...
MELBOURNE: Australians in Sydney face power outages on Friday as an extreme heatwave moves from the desert interior to the country's most populated...
Kabul: The Red Cross was desperately searching for two employees who went missing after their convoy came under insurgent fire in northern Afghanistan,...
Colombo: Ousted former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has vowed to contest the next presidential election in 2018, saying the 2012 coup that forced...
A Malaysian ship carrying 2,300 tonnes of aid for tens of thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslims arrived in Yangon where it was met...
Seoul: South Korea's finance minister said yesterday China had not taken any retaliatory measures over plans to deploy a US anti-missile system that...
Chennai: The tug of war for power in Tamil Nadu saw AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala yesterday staking her claim to form...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will reaffirm America's commitment to its security alliance with Japan when the nation's prime minister visits the White House...
Kabul: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has put their operations "on hold" in Afghanistan following an attack that claimed the...
Some 36 countries with host Pakistan as the 37th will be taking part in Pakistan Navy’s (PN) four-day joint multinational exercise Aman-2017, which...
Jakarta: Indonesia said it had accepted an Australian apology after teaching materials deemed offensive to Jakarta led to a partial suspension of ties,...
Kathmandu: Nepal yesterday extended the mandates for two commissions tasked with probing crimes committed during the bloody civil war, hours before a deadline...
Beijing: China is to begin taking fingerprints of all foreign visitors as it steps up security on its borders, the Ministry of Public...
Beijing: Chinese police have rescued 32 Vietnamese women who were sold as brides to Chinese farmers, authorities said yesterday, in an operation aimed...
Cagayan de Oro: Communist guerrillas abducted three villagers, including a policeman, and burned construction equipment in new attacks in the Philippines yesterday and...
Manila: The Philippines' environment minister vowed not to buckle to mounting pressure yesterday from a mining sector reeling from her shutting more than...
Washington: The commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan said yestreday that the coalition had a shortfall of a "few thousands" of...
