Seoul: For South Korea's gold medal-winning footballers, victory at the Asian Games came with a reward beyond sporting glory: exemption from mandatory military...
Seoul: For South Korea's gold medal-winning footballers, victory at the Asian Games came with a reward beyond sporting glory: exemption from mandatory military...
Singapore: Gold prices fell on Monday after hitting a one-week high earlier in the session, as investors braced for US inflation data that...
Brussels, Belgium: The European Union will cap imports of hybrid vehicles from China to 350,000 a year, a senior EU official said Monday,...
Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepali rescuers searched for five missing people on Monday, a day after devastating flash floods swept away more than 200 houses...
Islamabad:Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday approved the declaration of a state of emergency in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, following...
Kathmandu: Flash floods hit central Nepal on Sunday, sweeping away houses and leaving at least five people missing, officials said, weeks after devastating...
Mumbai, India: For three decades, Abha Narain Lambah has pioneered efforts to preserve some of India's most significant historic sites --- from ancient...
Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan placed a northern province under emergency rule on Sunday, the president's office said, following anti-government demonstrations by supporters of jailed...
New Delhi: The leaders of India's youth-led online "cockroach" movement were released on Sunday, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained...
New Delhi: A New Delhi court ordered on Sunday the release of three leaders of the "cockroach" movement, including its founder Abhijeet Dipke,...
Jakarta: Eight orangutans rescued in recent weeks from blazes that tore through Borneo island have been released into a protected forest, Indonesian authorities...
Washington, United States: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday offered his "sincere condolences" to his Japanese counterpart over the murder in...
Colombo: Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved several education reform proposals, including a revised national curriculum framework and a student assessment framework, Prime Minister...
Colombo: SriLankan Airlines has temporarily suspended all flights to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, until Ocober18 following a recent security incident affecting Riyadh Airport, the...
Jakarta, Indonesia: Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia's South Lampung regency erupted on Friday afternoon, spewing a thick ash plume about 250 meters above...
Manila: Mount Kanlaon Volcano in the central Philippines erupted Saturday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to the institute,...
Taipei: Taiwan aims to "deter war" by increasing its defence spending, the democratic island's leader said on Saturday, as China uses military pressure...
Mataking, Malaysia: The palm-sized green turtle hatchling flailing through the sand on a Malaysian island may seem vulnerable, but its species has emerged...
