HARARE: Zimbabwean police yesterday arrested a prominent rights lawyer running for parliament against President Robert Mugabe’s party in July 31 polls, a lawyers...
HARARE: Zimbabwean police yesterday arrested a prominent rights lawyer running for parliament against President Robert Mugabe’s party in July 31 polls, a lawyers...
Schoolchildren recovering from food poisoning receive medical treatment at the Patna Medical College and Hospital in Patna yesterday. PATNA: Oil used to cook...
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar highway was opened as the situation remained largely peaceful in the curfew bound Valley yesterday and the authorities decided to...
NEW DELHI: Six men accused in the gang rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss woman cyclist holidaying in India were sentenced to...
NEW DELHI: The chief of India’s main opposition party has stirred controversy by saying the English language is hurting the country and its...
Chennai: V Ramesh, Bharatiya Janata Party’s state general secretary, was hacked to death in a Tamil Nadu town on Friday night, prompting BJP...
New Delhi: A heavy downpour caused flooding and brought parts of the Indian capital to a virtual standstill for hours yesterday as several...
New Delhi: Shiv Sena head Uddhav Thackeray yesterday denied making any remarks on the projection of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as BJP’s...
Men distribute food to the faithful as they break fast in Herat yesterday.
KABUL: President Hamid Karzai yesterday approved the second of two new election laws designed to pave the way for smooth transition of power...
NEELUM VALLEY: Success stories can be rare in Pakistan, but business is booming in one Kashmir tourist spot as the region rebuilds after...
PESHAWAR: Tribal elders and Islamic clerics in northwest Pakistan have barred women from shopping in bazaars without a male relative, elders and an...
ISLAMABAD: There is a peak that stands above the rest on each of the seven continents and scaling all the seven summits is...
KABUL: One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north, reimposing Taliban-style...
Islamabad: At least 28 militants and six security personnel were killed when security forces clashed with the militants in Khyber Agency and FR...
Supporters of ruling Liberal Democratic Party clinch their fists and shout slogans during the final election campaign in Tokyo yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police yesterday detained 14 people protesting against ongoing negotiations for a huge trans-Pacific free trade deal, an activist said. Delegations...
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou was overwhelmingly re-elected chairman of the ruling party yesterday, amid corruption scandals involving top officials and public anger...