TAIPEI: Taiwan said yesterday that its military planes have made about 30 flights into a part of China’s newly declared air defence zone...
TAIPEI: Taiwan said yesterday that its military planes have made about 30 flights into a part of China’s newly declared air defence zone...
Liu Xia fears punishment BEIJING: The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo is unwell under house arrest and possibly suffering...
A flying “octocopter” mini-drone that would be used by Amazon to fly small packages to consumers. Jeff Bezos, CEO of the US online...
Rescue workers lift the wreckage of a police helicopter on to a trailer in central Glasgow yesterday. The number of people killed after...
Chilean presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet (centre) delivers a speech accompanied by young supporters after meeting with them in Santiago yesterday. Chileans go to...
TOKYO: Japan will set up hotlines to Washington and London to boost cooperation with its allies when its new US-style National Security Council...
KIEV: Throngs of anti-government protesters remained in control of parts of central Kiev yesterday morning, as police kept their distance and Viktor Yanukovych’s...
SYDNEY: Australia’s spy agency offered to share information about its own citizens with foreign intelligence partners, according to leaked documents published yesterday, sparking...
NEW YORK: The Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, said yesterday that a subway train that derailed in a devastating accident that killed...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and his HealthCare.gov website face another critical test starting this week, as Americans who have been unable to...
MAIDUGURI: Attacks by Boko Haram Islamists forced authorities yesterday to impose a 24-hour curfew in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, closing the airport and shutting...
PARIS: France’s Socialist government is to maintain most of the existing restrictions on Sunday shopping, despite criticism that they are ill-suited to a...
NEW YORK: Apple has acquired social media analytics firm Topsy for more than $200 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The newspaper,...
Supporters of 28-year-old blogger Khaled Said who died following police questioning before the revolution in 2010, run away from tear gas during a...
MANILA: The United Nations refugee agency has launched a fresh appeal for emergency aid for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which smashed into the...
A man holds up a broken wooden structure in a burnt makeshift Syrian refugee camp after it was attacked by residents of the...
Palestinians ride a boat as a national flag flutters during a protest against the blockade on Gaza, at the seaport of Gaza City,...
Ajay Sharma & Mohammad Javad Zarif Dubai/MUSCAT: Britain’s newly-appointed envoy will travel to Iran today, the first diplomatic visit by a British official...
