Manila: Philippine Catholic bishops fired back against efforts to restore the death penalty with a special prayer read at all masses on Sunday....
Manila: Philippine Catholic bishops fired back against efforts to restore the death penalty with a special prayer read at all masses on Sunday....
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Government forces have 'neutralized' 47 terrorists including foreigners in a series of military operations in the troubled south, according to...
Lucknow: Firebrand Hindutva leader Yogi Adityanath was sworn in on Sunday as the Chief Minister of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in...
SEOUL: One of South Korea’s most powerful business figures was interrogated by Seoul prosecutors Saturday, as state investigators continue to look into a...
Beijing: The last large coal-fired power plant in Beijing has suspended operations, with the city's electricity now generated by natural gas, the state...
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked Hindu hardliner Yogi Adityanath, who has been accused of inciting violence against India’s Muslim minority, to...
Cairo: The Islamic State group claimed on Saturday a suicide bomb attack a day earlier on a camp for Bangladesh's elite security forces....
Beijing: Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plans to shut down 117 coal mines this year, cutting 11.9 million tonnes of coal production...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says authorities are looking for two prominent Indian Muslim clerics who went missing during a visit to the country earlier this...
Seongju, South Korea: Hundreds of South Koreans protested Saturday against the deployment of a US missile defence system, a day after the visiting...
Dhaka: Bangladesh police shot dead a suspected militant in the capital Dhaka on Saturday, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up...
Agra: Police on Friday patrolled the Yamuna river bank here and mounted extra vigil after a website threatened to target the Taj Mahal,...
GENEVA: The international community is reluctant to form an independent body to investigate crimes carried out against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, a campaign...
DHAKA: Bangladesh police shot and killed a suspected militant who tried to enter a security checkpost on a motorcycle armed with explosives on...
Seoul: Protesters marched through the streets of Seoul Saturday demanding the repeal of ex-President Park Geun-Hye's impeachment. Prosecutors have ordered the ousted president...
BEIJING: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in China on Saturday for what is likely to be a prickly visit, with Beijing...
Kabul: At least 44 Taliban militants were killed and wounded in a series of airstrikes conducted in Helmand in southern Afghanistan. The Afghan...
Mumbai: A young Irish woman who was murdered in the popular Indian tourist destination of Goa was also raped, police said Thursday. The...
