CHENNAI, India: Chairman of Qatar's Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA), HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah and his accompanying delegation arrived in...
CHENNAI, India: Chairman of Qatar's Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA), HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah and his accompanying delegation arrived in...
JOHANNESBURG: The world's leading diamond company De Beers announced Friday a $2 billion investment in a new South African diamond mine that will...
Thai couple Ekkachai (L) and Laksana Tiranarat (R) pose with their new record after the winning a competition for the "World's Longest Continuous...
FROM LEFT: Secretary General of opposition Islamic political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, leader of Jamhori Watan Party, Mehmood...
WASHINGTON: The US government should reconsider whether to spend more on reconstruction aid in Afghanistan, the US watchdog that monitors the funds said...
KABUL: Afghanistan’s fledgling air force is more like a bicycle than a modern fighting machine, its commander has said, pleading for advanced aircraft...
PESHAWAR: Three bomb attacks in northwest Pakistan killed at least 16 people yesterday, including five security personnel in a suicide blast at a...
A four-day-old Philippine eagle chick photographed in Davao City, southern Philippines, on Tuesday. MANILA: The first Philippine eagle bred in captivity has sired...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s government said yesterday that its security forces had surrounded dozens of suspected Philippine militants in a remote area with a...
MANILA: President Benigno Aquino has signed Republic Act 10364, strengthening the country’s fight against human trafficking by plugging loopholes in the existing law....
MANILA: The Philippines’ largest bookstore chain has withdrawn Chinese-made globes showing Beijing’s claims to most of the South China Sea from its shelves,...
MANILA: President Benigno Aquino has signed Republic Act 10364, strengthening the country’s fight against human trafficking by plugging loopholes in the existing law....
MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III yesterday ordered the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council to determine the cause of Wednesday’s mining accident in...
MANILA: The eighth petition against the controversial Reproductive Health law was filed before the Supreme Court yesterday. Calling the new law “ultimately detrimental...
MANILA: The government expressed hope yesterday that the Maguindanao massacre case would immediately be resolved after a lower court approved the inclusion of...
New Delhi: France and India yesterday reiterated their commitment to the early implementation of the Jaitapur nuclear power project and speedy conclusion of...
NEW DELHI: India said yesterday it has suspended payments to an Italian company pending the outcome of an inquiry into whether a $748m...
New Delhi: Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi yesterday apologised after his comment with sexist innuendo against a woman journalist from Kerala landed...
