Lagos: Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group's Sambisa forest stronghold in...
Lagos: Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group's Sambisa forest stronghold in...
Beijing: A sailor on the first Chinese yacht to enter the gruelling Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been swept overboard as the...
Pune: FTII students who went on strike on June 12 against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman returned to their classes...
Tanzanian police stand guard as people celebrate after the opposition coalition's CUF candidate Maulid Mtulia was declared winner. AFP Dar es Salaam: Tanzania's...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Paris, France, recently. EPA Phnom Penh: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to give a rare...
By Jatindra Dash and Krishna N Das Bhubaneshwar/New Delhi: India's Odisha state is seeking to revive a controversial plan to mine for bauxite...
New Delhi: India's government said Wednesday it plans to ban surrogate services for foreigners wanting babies, a move likely to hit hard the...
Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. Geneva: The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has said negotiations...
Ramallah: Israeli forces have killed 64 Palestinians, including 14 children and a pregnant woman, and wounded 7,200 since the beginning of October, Palestinian...
A young injured Pakistani earthquake survivor in Shangla, that was one of the worst-hit regions of Pakistan. AFP Shangla, Pakistan: Rescuers raced against...
New Delhi: Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday he believes India will be crucial to getting "the next billion online"...
Mumbai: Mumbai-born British businessman Lord Ghulam Kaderbhoy Noon, who earned the moniker 'Curry King' for popularising Indian chicken tikka and curry in Britain...
Philippine President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III (C) with FOCAP members taking a selfie during the Annual Presidential Forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association...
A man sits beside his belongings after his house collapsed in a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Panjsher, Afghanistan, 27 October 2015. EPA Kabul:...
An Afghan policeman stands in front of inmates in a prison in the town of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, July...
A file photo of Hong Kong tycoon Wong Yuk-kwan, who was recently rescued after being abducted on Sept 20. Taipei: A kidnapped Hong...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Imad Abu Wadi barely slept after losing his right eye during the summer 2014 war between Israel and Hamas...
Supporters of USDP gather during a campaign rally on the outskirts of Myanmar's capital city of Naypyidaw. AFP Yangon: International monitors in Myanmar...
