DHAKA: A top investigator probing last week’s garment factory disaster in Bangladesh yesterday blamed vibrations from four illegal generators for the collapse of...
DHAKA: A top investigator probing last week’s garment factory disaster in Bangladesh yesterday blamed vibrations from four illegal generators for the collapse of...
SUVA: Fiji’s military regime said yesterday it had given three political parties permission to contest elections scheduled for next year, the first vote...
YANGON: At least 11 people have died — mainly gold miners — and four others remain missing after heavy rains battered townships in...
Jobseekers read work vacancy advisories during a job fair inside a mall in Quezon City, Manila. The Philippines' Department of Labour and Employment...
MANILA: The Philippine government wants to get inputs from the people in New People’s Army (NPA)-infested areas before peace talks with the communist...
MANILA: No major problems were encountered at the start of the final testing and sealing of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines, Commission...
MANILA: Of the seven senators who have filed their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos is the...
MANILA: Fearful for his life and saying he was a victim of injustice, former police superintendent Cezar Mancao has walked out of detention...
MANILA: Senatorial candidates who are incumbent lawmakers are spending their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for providing medical assistance, livelihood training and financial...
ZAMBOANGA: A sentry soldier was killed while his comrade was severely hurt when lightning struck their post yesterday while they were on guard...
Pakistani police officials examine the bullet-riddled car of slain government prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar after an attack by gunmen in Islamabad, yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s...
LONDON: Lawyers for three Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan said yesterday they had launched a...
KABUL: In front of 300 villagers, Halima’s father shot her in the head, stomach and waist — a public execution overseen by local...
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited report of the Abbottabad commission, tasked with probing the May 2, 2011 raid which led to the death of Osama...
KARACHI: A candidate running for parliament in next week’s historic Pakistani election was shot dead yesterday along with his three-year-old son after praying...
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited report of the Abbottabad commission, tasked with probing the May 2, 2011 raid which led to the death of Osama...
Dalbir Kaur lights the pyre of her brother Sarabjit Singh in Bhikhiwind, Punjab, yesterday. Bhikiwind, Punjab: Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who died...
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (right) greets Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid at a meeting in New Delhi yesterday. Mammadyarov is on a...