Manila: Philippine Catholic leaders and rights groups yesterday condemned as President Rodrigo Duterte's (pictured) plan to restore the death penalty and execute "five...
Manila: Philippine Catholic leaders and rights groups yesterday condemned as President Rodrigo Duterte's (pictured) plan to restore the death penalty and execute "five...
London: British postal workers began what could become the longest strike in the Post Office’s 300-year history yesterday as part of a wave...
Kabul: The number of refugees returning to their war-ravaged homes in Afghanistan, mostly from neighbouring Pakistan, has reached one million, an Afghan deputy...
Beijing: China on Monday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump's claim that it had "stolen" an American research drone, as state media said his...
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia confirmed an eighth Zika virus case, involving a 67-year-old man who first showed symptoms in late November. An online statement...
Tokyo: The US Marines yesterday resumed flights of their controversial Osprey aircraft in Japan, less than a week after a crash off the...
Karachi: Pakistani movie theatres began screening Bollywood films again yesterday, ending an 11-week boycott in response to political and military tensions with India,...
Islamabad: Some 1,872km long gate-free and signal-free railway tracks from Karachi to Peshawar costing $8.2bn would be constructed under first phase of the...
Lahore: Any plans of violating traffic rules in the provincial capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province better be put on hold as the more...
Islamabad: A Pakistani opposition party yesterday sought an emergency session of parliament after a senior judge slammed the country's top law enforcement official...
Islamabad: The World Bank has appointed an envoy to safeguard the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and help resolve the disagreements between India and...
Islamabad: Punjab has spent just a fraction 16pc of its total development fund of Rs550bn during the first five months of the present...
Belgrade: Rising numbers of migrants from the Middle East and Central Asia are ending up homeless in sub-zero temperatures in Serbia with more...
In the first trial in Italy involving foreign fighters operating inside the war zone, a court yesterday convicted an Italian woman and her...
Rio De Janeiro: Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured) will face a fifth corruption trial, a judge ruled yesterday, as...
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (pictured) was hospitalised late after experiencing sharp pains in his abdomen, the second time this month he has...
Hamburg: About 30,000 turkeys and ducks were culled in Germany over the weekend after bird flu was found on two farms, authorities said...
Washington: Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 on Sunday, winning the top prize in the 66th edition of the...
