MANILA: The Philippines is to acquire a squadron of FA-50 fighters from South Korea in a deal worth $422 million or 18.9 billion...
MANILA: The Philippines is to acquire a squadron of FA-50 fighters from South Korea in a deal worth $422 million or 18.9 billion...
MOGADISHU: The presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, home to the country's internationally-backed government, was hit Friday by a massive car bomb followed...
TAIPEI: A Taiwanese court on Friday sentenced two former officers to ten months in prison for helping to recruit spies for China. Ex-navy...
NEW DELHI: India's oil imports from Iran more than doubled in January from a month earlier, with one state refiner returning from a...
BEIRUT: The toll in the double suicide car bombing outside an Iranian cultural centre in Beirut has risen to 11, Lebanon's official news...
BEIJING: China's daily crude imports from Iran rose 82 percent in January from a year earlier, customs data showed on Friday, back at...
ZAMBOANGA: Two Filipina documentary film-makers, kidnapped by Al-Qaeda-linked Muslim extremists in the strife-torn southern Philippines, were recovered by authorities on Thursday after eight...
DAVAO: Seven people were shot dead on Friday in a massive operation against illegal drug dens by police in the southern Philippines, law-enforcement...
THIMPHU: The remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan signed a deal with Japanese auto giant Nissan Friday to become the ultimate showcase for electric...
ISLAMABAD: A special court in Pakistan hearing treason charges against ex-ruler Pervez Musharraf on Friday rejected his plea for trial in a military...
GROMBALIA: A Libyan army medical plane crashed south of Tunis early on Friday, killing all 11 people on board, Tunisian emergency services said....
SYDNEY: Australia on Friday said it will buy eight Poseidon aircraft for Aus$4 billion or US$3.6 billion, which will form the core of...
FRANKFURT: Security workers at Frankfurt airport went on strike on Friday, prompting dozens of flight cancellations and causing delays to travellers passing through...
JAKARTA: Indonesia on Friday became home to the world's biggest manta ray sanctuary covering millions of square kilometres, as it seeks to protect...
KABUL: Three male suicide attackers wearing burqas attacked a police headquarters close to the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, officials said, killing one...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks jumped 2.88 percent Friday, clawing back losses from the previous day as Wall Street rallied and shares of Japanese exporters...
SYDNEY: Global energy giant Shell announced Friday it is selling 870 service stations and its last remaining Australian refinery to Swiss-based oil giant...
HONG KONG: Falls in PetroChina and Sinopec shares hurt Hong Kong and mainland markets early Friday, as investors took profit on their outsized...
