Colombo: A previously fringe Marxist politician was on course Sunday to become Sri Lanka's next leader after a presidential vote coloured by discontent...
Colombo: A previously fringe Marxist politician was on course Sunday to become Sri Lanka's next leader after a presidential vote coloured by discontent...
Wajima, Japan: Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on...
Kolkata: Nine Indian fishermen are feared dead after their trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal during a storm, an official told AFP...
Colombo: Sri Lanka imposed a night curfew across the country Saturday despite a peaceful presidential election that is effectively a referendum on an...
Islamabad: Pakistan reported three new cases of polio in the country's Balochistan, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, bringing the total number of the...
Shanghai: Chinese authorities have disciplined more than 50 officials and arrested 10 people suspected of criminal liability in a deadly fire that killed...
Jakarta: New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua and is in good...
Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka was voting for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan...
Tokyo: Japanese authorities told tens of thousands of people to evacuate the quake-hit region of Ishikawa on Saturday as "unprecedented" rains triggered floods...
Kolkata: A top politician in eastern India on Friday blamed authorities in a neighbouring state for causing a flooding crisis by opening dams...
MANILA, Philippines: China should do more to battle the illegal online gambling and scam call centers run by Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast...
MELBOURNE, Australia: A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media...
Seoul: An unprecedented heat wave across South Korea has driven up the price of cabbages, data revealed Friday, with the vegetable used in...
Beijing: China said Friday that it would "gradually resume" importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban last year over the release...
Colombo: Sri Lanka secured a deal on Thursday with international bondholders to finalise a prolonged debt restructure, a key International Monetary Fund demand...
Paris: A cleaning process leading to fuel hose degradation during refurbishment may have caused a recent engine fire on a Cathay Pacific Airbus...
Bangkok: A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in...
Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka will vote for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan...
