-- 2019-08-13 10:05:57
HONG KONG (Reuters) Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the city’s recovery from protests that have swept the Asian financial hub could take a long time and that she would be responsible...
-- 2019-08-13 00:00:00
A body has been found in the search for a vulnerable 15-year-old girl who went missing in Malaysia. Nora Quoirin, who has special needs, disappeared from her room at the Dusun resort on August 04. M...
-- 2019-08-13 00:00:00
Kyrgyzstan's former President Almazbek Atambayev has been charged with murder and plotting a government coup. He has also been accused of organising mass unrest and hostage-taking, reports BBC. Mr A...
-- 2019-08-12 20:53:46
The latest round of talks between the Taliban and the United States ended early Monday without any sign a peace deal had been reached for Afghanistan, as both sides said they would consult wit...
-- 2019-08-12 20:18:35
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has reappeared after widespread rumours of his death. On Monday Mr Berdymukhamedov opened economic forum attended by regional leaders in a Caspian...
-- 2019-08-12 20:09:19
People gathered in mosques across Pakistan on Monday to offer special prayers for Eid al-Adha, the second of Islam’s two major religious festivals, reports Reuters. The government has called fo...
-- 2019-08-12 19:54:23
The presence of western forces in the Gulf is fuelling regional tension, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hakim said on Monday. “The states of the Gulf can together secure the transit of sh...
-- 2019-08-12 19:53:08
A suspected gunman accused of an attempted terrorist attack on an Oslo mosque and separately killing his teenage stepsister appeared in court on Monday looking bruised and scratched, but smi...
-- 2019-08-12 19:49:29
Indian security forces kept disputed Kashmir's biggest city of Srinagar largely locked down on Monday, the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, to prevent any major protests against a decision th...
-- 2019-08-12 19:42:38
Conservative candidate and ex-prison chief Alejandro Giammattei has been elected president of Guatemala. Preliminary results show he took 59 per cent of the vote, while his centre-lef...
-- 2019-08-12 19:17:29
The heads of Italy's political groups were set to decide on Monday when to hold a no-confidence vote, days after nationalist leader Matteo Salvini announced he was pulling the plug on the popu...
-- 2019-08-12 19:02:57
HONG KONG, Aug 12: Hong Kong’s airport came to a near halt on Monday, with more than 150 flights canceled after thousands of demonstrators flooded one of the world’s busiest transp...
-- 2019-08-12 18:33:27
Conservative Argentine President Mauricio Macri suffered a resounding defeat in primary elections on Sunday. The primary, in which presidential candidates from all parties take part, was won by his...
-- 2019-08-12 18:03:06
A black bear broke into a house in the US before escaping by smashing through a wall. Police in Colorado said the break-in happened on Friday evening when the house was vacant. Nobody was injured, re...
-- 2019-08-12 17:08:47
A nationwide anti-Trump signature drive took place in Venezuela over the weekend to protest the stepped-up US sanctions, a government source said on Sunday. Called “No more Trump,” the dr...
-- 2019-08-12 16:46:46
South Korea has said it will take Japan off its favoured trade partners’ list. The move is a tit-for-tat response to Japan’s decision earlier this month to do the same to South Korea, s...
-- 2019-08-12 16:08:17
Large congregations have been banned for the major Islamic festival of Eid in Indian-administered Kashmir, where an unprecedented communications block on landlines, mobile and the internet rem...
-- 2019-08-12 15:46:29
The death toll from floods in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 147, state authorities said on Sunday, as rescue teams raced to evacuate people and waters submerged parts...
-- 2019-08-12 15:16:38
Hong Kong International Airport cancelled all departures on Monday, as thousands of anti-government protesters occupied and caused disruption. Passengers have been told not to travel to the airport,...
-- 2019-08-12 14:44:57
The death toll in a landslide that buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar has climbed to 56, an official said Monday, reports AP. The landslide hit a village in Paung townshi...
-- 2019-08-12 10:44:44
Hong Kong (HK) police have once again clashed with anti-government protesters as the city enters its 10th week of mass demonstrations and unrest, reports BBC. Police fired tear gas across the city on...
-- 2019-08-11 20:40:48
The death toll from a typhoon in eastern China rose to 32 on Sunday, with 16 people missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as the country braced for more travel disruptions as the storm moved furth...
-- 2019-08-11 20:05:06
On the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir’s biggest city, security officers tied black bandannas over their faces, grabbed their guns and took positions behind checkpoints. People glanced out the win...
-- 2019-08-11 18:20:25
Yemeni separatists have taken effective control of the port city of Aden after days of fighting with troops loyal to the internationally backed government. Forces aligned with the UAE-backed Southern...
-- 2019-08-11 18:15:07
Hong Kong (HK) police fired tear gas at demonstrators, as petrol bombs exploded in the downtown bar district of Wan Chai on Sunday evening as clashes during a tenth weekend of protests in the city int...
-- 2019-08-11 18:03:00
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led government and compared the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to that of the Nazis, reports https://scroll.in...
-- 2019-08-11 17:55:04
Syrian government forces captured an important village in the northwestern province of Idlib on Sunday, drawing close to a major town in the last rebel stronghold in the country, state media and oppos...
-- 2019-08-11 17:40:19
At least 93 people have been killed and more than 400,000 displaced in floods and mudslides following days of torrential rains in southern India, reports AP. The worst-hit has been the state of Keral...
-- 2019-08-11 16:38:16
Afghanistan’s president on Sunday rejected foreign interference as the United States and the Taliban appear to be closing in on a peace deal without the Afghan government at the table. Presiden...
-- 2019-08-11 16:34:01
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted an offer to meet Irish leader Leo Varadkar to discuss Brexit and the Northern Irish backstop, the Sunday Telegraph said citing UK government sources,...
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