By Manipadma Jena BHUBANESWAR: From stopping work at brick kilns on very hot days to issuing five-day advance warning of heat waves, the...
By Manipadma Jena BHUBANESWAR: From stopping work at brick kilns on very hot days to issuing five-day advance warning of heat waves, the...
File picture of Hong kong leader Leung Chun-ying. Reuters Hong Kong: Hong Kong's leader hit back Tuesday at growing calls for independence from...
Nepalese police personnel chase Madhesi protesters (unseen) demonstrating against the new constitution in Birgunj, Nepal November 5, 2015. REUTERS/NAVESH CHITRAKAR By Gopal Sharma...
Singapore: Singapore's highest court on Tuesday quashed a final appeal by a Malaysian murder convict, setting the stage for his execution by hanging...
New Delhi: India's central bank on Tuesday cut its key interest rate to a five-year low of 6.5 percent citing a dip in...
EPA/ File photo Bangkok: An order by Thailand's junta giving sweeping police powers to soldiers is part of the "steady erosion of human...
Hanoi: Two Vietnamese women have tested positive for the Zika virus, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday, the first confirmed cases of the...
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Four people were killed after police opened fire on villagers as a protest against two China-backed power plants turned violent in...
Representative image. AFP New Delhi: Three officials were arrested Monday for leaking a chemistry exam paper to students, which forced the test to...
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- APRIL 04: Afghan and foreign delegations are seen during the Special Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan on...
Pakistani vendors try to salvage materials after flood water destroyed shops following heavy rain on the outskirts of Peshawar on April 4, 2016....
A man drives a bicycle near the poster with the images of Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar new president Htin Kyaw which...
Malé, Maldives: Maldives police have released 16 journalists arrested during a protest against a perceived government crackdown on press freedom on the politically...
Manila: The world's first public dengue vaccination programme was launched in the Philippines on Monday as nurses began injecting the first batch of...
Indian voters pose for a photograph with their identity cards as they queue to cast their ballots in the state assembly elections at...
REUTERS/ File photo/ For representation only Hanoi: Vietnam's coast guard has seized a Chinese oil tanker which it claims intruded into Vietnamese waters,...
Dhaka: Bangladesh police said Monday they had seized a large quantity of explosives from a suspected Islamist militant hideout where two people were...
Pakistani residents cross a flooded street following heavy rain on the outskirts of Peshawar on April 4, 2016. AFP / A MAJEED Peshawar,...
