Colombo: Sri Lanka's police force said on Friday it had sacked an officer who entertained protesters with an impromptu piano performance after they...
Colombo: Sri Lanka's police force said on Friday it had sacked an officer who entertained protesters with an impromptu piano performance after they...
The planned closing of the Mont Blanc tunnel, which connects Italy and France, has been postponed, according to a notice published on the...
Shanghai lowered mortgage requirements for some homebuyers following central government guidance, loosening barriers for property ownership in one of the country’s most prized...
Manila: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Friday imposed a price cap on rice, the national staple cereal, blaming "cartels" and hoarders for surging...
Paris: Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without free-floating rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned...
Nairobi: Uber has announced the launch of electric motorcyle taxis in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in what it says is a first for...
Kyiv, Ukraine: Children in Ukraine went back to school on Friday as a second academic year began during Russia's all-out invasion of the...
Colombo: Inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka eased to 4.0 percent in August, the lowest since before last year's unprecedented financial crisis, official figures...
India’s weakest monsoon rains in about a century are becoming the biggest risk for the fast growing economy as food prices rise and...
Hong Kong: Tens of millions of people in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and other southern Chinese megacities sheltered indoors Friday as Super Typhoon Saola...
Tokyo: Japan's summer this year was the country's hottest since records began in 1898, the weather agency said Friday. "Average temperatures in Japan...
Islamabad: Nine soldiers were killed in a restive western region of Pakistan on Thursday after a suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into their...
Libreville: The general who overthrew Gabon's 55-year Bongo dynasty will be sworn in on Monday as transitional president, the army said, as the...
Brussels: China's President Xi Jinping is not expected to attend the G20 summit in India next week and will send Premier Li Qiang...
Nairobi: The African Union's Peace and Security Council said on Thursday it had decided to "immediately suspend" Gabon following the military coup this...
Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has submitted a petition seeking a royal pardon from King Maha Vajiralongkorn for eight years of jail term...
Reykjavik: Iceland's government said that whaling could resume on Friday with stricter conditions and monitoring, after it decided not to extend a temporary...
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s Supreme Court has declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in...
