MANILA: Two former Philippine soldiers who took part in a failed coup in 2003 were sentenced on Friday to long prison terms, officials...
MANILA: Two former Philippine soldiers who took part in a failed coup in 2003 were sentenced on Friday to long prison terms, officials...
QUETTA, Pakistan: A bomb planted on a motorbike killed six people and wounded another 15 on Friday in a crowded Pakistani market in...
BEIJING: As many as 50,000 people die of tuberculosis annually in China, with about 1 million new cases reported each year, a health...
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Friday strongly rejected a whistleblower's allegation that its banks facilitate massive tax evasion by a powerful family in neighbouring Malaysia's...
BEIRUT: At least two people were killed and three others injured in a sniper fire exchange in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli, the...
BORDEAUX, France: Former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with taking financial advantage of France's richest woman, allegations connected with a probe into...
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks dropped 2.35 percent on Friday as the yen rallied following losses on Wall Street and in Europe fuelled by fears...
NEW DELHI: An Indian court overturned a gag order on Friday that prevented media access to the trial of four men charged over...
DAMASCUS: A suicide bomb attack on a central Damascus mosque has killed 42 people, including Syria's most prominent pro-regime Sunni cleric, wounding dozens...
SYDNEY: Australian police said Friday they had smashed a crime syndicate operating across Asia, leading to 27 arrests and the seizure of drugs...
ISLAMABAD: At least four people were killed and a fifth was wounded early Friday by a US drone strike in North Waziristan tribal...
MONTREAL: At least 100 people were injured in a multi-vehicle pileup on an icy, snow-covered highway in the western Canadian province of Alberta...
SEOUL: In a fresh blow to South Korea's new president, Park Geun-Hye, her nominee for defence minister stepped down Friday at a time...
HUAXI, China: Residents of China's "richest village" bid farewell Friday to the man who made them wealthy by transforming the rural settlement of...
A hare lies in snow on a field near Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday. One day after the astronomical beginning of spring and days before...
New York: How to impress a woman? The question has befuddled generations of men. Sure, you could go the traditional route and offer...
Washington: YouTube has a billion unique users visiting the video-sharing website every month, equivalent to one out of every two people on the...
CAIRO: Syrian actress Ragda sparked a melee in a Cairo poetry convention after she praised Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad, angering an Islamist...
