Bangkok: Thailand's military-appointed attorney-general yesterday charged 19 leaders of the opposition "red shirt" group with violating a junta ban on political gatherings. The...
Bangkok: Thailand's military-appointed attorney-general yesterday charged 19 leaders of the opposition "red shirt" group with violating a junta ban on political gatherings. The...
The Hague: Lawyers representing Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping sent a case file to the International Criminal Court's prosecutor, accusing the government of...
Tokyo: Japanese Emperor Akihito, 82, has a cold and fever and has cancelled morning duties, an official at the Imperial Household Agency said...
Thai police yesterday unveiled a record half tonne seizure of crystal methamphetamine. The haul of high-grade meth, has a street value of around...
Seoul: South Korea has ordered its biggest-ever cull of chickens and other poultry, gassing millions of birds to fight an avian flu outbreak...
Eleven Burkina Faso soldiers were killed yesterday when jihadist fighters attacked an army base in the north close to the west African country's...
Geneva: Global food security monitors said yesterday that Nigeria's Borno state was at increased risk of famine, with one study projecting the number...
Peshawar: Parents of children killed when Taliban gunmen overran a Pakistan school gathered yesterday to mark the second anniversary of the attack --...
Islamabad: The federal cabinet has once again deferred approval of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) reform committee report 2016 to remove concerns...
The Council of Common Interests of Pakistan yesterday agreed on holding the national census on March 15 next year involving the House listing...
Karachi: Pakistan's double-Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (pictured) has hailed new legislation outlawing the crime of "honour killings" as a turning point in...
Islamabad: As a gift to the residents of Pakistani capital of Islamabad, the Chinese government has set up a solar power plant in...
Muzaffarabad: Pakistan yesterday accused India of hitting a school van in the disputed Kashmir region, killing the driver and wounding eight schoolchildren. The...
VATICAN CITY/BOGOTA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition leader Alvaro Uribe were unable to find common ground on a peace accord with...
Dubai: After demonetisation, Indias invalid Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes are now on their way to Dubai and may end up...
LONDON: Rioting prisoners took control of two wings of an English jail on Friday, prison bosses said, in the latest serious incident of...
VIENNA: The head of the atomic energy watchdog agency of the United Nations will travel to Iran on Sunday for meetings about the...
Washington: China has seized an unmanned US naval underwater testing vehicle in the South China Sea, a US defense official told AFP on...
