Shanghai: A Chinese court said yesterday it had sentenced eight people to jail for selling the personal data of more than 5,000 newborns....
Shanghai: A Chinese court said yesterday it had sentenced eight people to jail for selling the personal data of more than 5,000 newborns....
Mumbai: An Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman will fly to India for weight reduction surgery Saturday after intervention from the...
Dhaka: Bangladesh is working with Myanmar security forces to stop Rohingya militants crossing their shared border, but will continue to allow women, children...
Colombo: Sri Lanka opened its first hybrid power plant yesterday which will generate 60MW of electricity, a spokesman said. The Power and Energy...
Myanmar: The human rights group Amnesty International is urging Myanmar's government to suspend operations at a copper mine jointly owned by its army...
Beirut/Istanbul: Russia intervened to halt a clash between Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in northern Syria, sources on both sides said...
Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala suffered a huge setback in the tussle for Tamil Nadu chief ministership as Governor C Vidyasagar...
Beijing: China is investigating seven people, mostly security officials, in the restive deep south of troubled Xinjiang region on suspicion of graft, the...
Jakarta: Twelve Indonesians, including three children, have been killed on the holiday island of Bali after landslides triggered by heavy rains engulfed several...
NAIROBI: Kenya said yesterday it was declaring a drought in the east African economy a national disaster, saying it had affected 23 out...
Bangkok: Thai authorities are trying to clean up a massive, one-kilometre long tangle of trash, officials said yesterday, calling it the largest garbage...
Misrata: Islamic State militants have shifted to desert valleys and inland hills southeast of Tripoli as they seek to exploit Libya's political divisions...
Bangkok: A prominent student activist was indicted yesterday in the first royal defamation case brought under Thailand's new monarch, his lawyer said, after...
Kabul: The Afghan Defence Ministry welcomed yesterday suggestions by the commander of international forces in Afghanistan that more troops were needed to train...
Sydney: Major energy users in Australia shut down yesterday, and the public were asked not to go home and cook or watch television,...
Islamabad: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad yesterday issued perpetual warrants of arrest for former president retired General Pervez Musharraf in the case...
Manila: The leader of the Philippines' communist insurgency has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to revive collapsed peace talks as his rebels launched...
Warsaw: Environmental groups are to complain to the European Union about dangerous levels of air pollution, accusing government departments and local authorities of...
