-- 2018-04-09 11:28:45
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Shimane Prefecture in western Japan on early Monday, injuring four people in one of the hardest-hit areas, local media reported. Accordin...
-- 2018-04-09 11:03:31
North Korea has promised the US it is ready to discuss the future of its nuclear arsenal when the two nations' leaders meet, US officials say. Preparations for the summit have included secret, direct...
-- 2018-04-09 11:01:09
Syrian state TV said there were casualties in what it said was a suspected US missile attack on a major air base in central Syria but the United States denied it had launched any air strikes against t...
-- 2018-04-08 22:02:43
Indian police on Sunday detained as many as 24 lawmakers from a regional party for holding a sit-in protest outside the official residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital, repo...
-- 2018-04-08 20:00:10
Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centres in Iran where they left the image of a US flag on screens along with a warning: “Don’t mess with our election...
-- 2018-04-08 13:41:01
Japanese police have arrested a 73-year-old man suspected of keeping his son in a wooden cage for over 20 years. Yoshitane Yamasaki said he locked up his son, now 42, because he suffered mental probl...
-- 2018-04-08 12:40:07
Myanmar is not ready for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, said the most senior United Nations official to visit the Southeast Asian country this year, after Myanmar was accused of instigating et...
-- 2018-04-08 09:31:40
Rescuers and medics say at least 70 people have died in Syria in a suspected gas attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Eastern Ghouta. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets on Saturday tw...
-- 2018-04-07 20:46:44
India on Saturday has agreed to construct a rail link to Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and to open up inland waterways. The agreement emerged at the end of talks in New Delhi between Indian Prime...
-- 2018-04-07 20:33:27
SEOUL, Apr 07 (Xinhua): South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday held a working-level talks to discuss setting up a hotline between leaders of the two countries, Se...
-- 2018-04-07 16:30:43
In war-torn Afghanistan, honey is regarded as a traditional cure-all but for one schoolgirl, the sticky commodity has also created sweet opportunities to work and own a business in a country where few...
-- 2018-04-07 14:50:44
At least eight people have been killed and five others injured after a speeding truck rammed into two passenger auto-rickshaws in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh Saturday, police said. The...
-- 2018-04-07 14:23:03
At least six militants of Islamic State (IS) terrorist group were killed in airstrikes, conducted by the US and NATO-led coalition forces, in two Afghan provinces, authorities said Saturday. In o...
-- 2018-04-07 13:08:41
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.3 rocked the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the European earthquake monitoring service reported. The very shallow quake was only two kms (1.2 m...
-- 2018-04-06 22:59:31
Three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces during fresh protests on Gaza's border with Israel, Palestinian health ministry officials say. The Israeli military said troops had opened fire w...
-- 2018-04-06 14:50:03
South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to 24 years in jail after she was found guilty of abuse of power and coercion. The verdict was broadcast live and represents the culmin...
-- 2018-04-06 12:26:28
Six prominent Vietnamese activists have received heavy prison sentences on charges of "attempting to overthrow" the country's communist government. Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai was sentenced to 15 years, wh...
-- 2018-04-05 21:32:01
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has released an updated list of terrorist individuals and entities out of which 139 entries stem from Pakistan and include Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafeez Saeed's...
-- 2018-04-05 18:32:47
Saudi Arabia's first cinema in more than 35 years is set to reopen on 18 April, showing the action movie Black Panther. It is part of a deal done with the world's biggest cinema chain, AMC, to open u...
-- 2018-04-05 11:41:17
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Davao Oriental province in southern Philippines on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In a repor...
-- 2018-04-04 16:04:37
At least 10 people have died after consuming poisonous home-distilled drink moonshine in Indonesia’s capital and its outskirt cities, a senior police officer said Wednesday. Police chief in Eas...
-- 2018-04-04 12:53:27
Prime Minister Najib Razak promised on Wednesday 1.46 billion ringgit ($378.04 million) in salary hikes to Malaysia’s civil servants, a key vote bank for the ruling coalition in a looming genera...
-- 2018-04-04 12:44:09
Prime Minister of Nepal K.P.Sharma Oli has expressed hope that his forthcoming visit to India will further strengthen age old, multidimensional friendship between India and Nepal, according to...
-- 2018-04-03 21:36:30
Fiji's prime minister has said the Pacific island nation is in "a fight for survival" as climate change brings "almost constant" deadly cyclones. Frank Bainimarama said Fiji had entered a "frightenin...
-- 2018-04-03 21:27:31
Malaysia has intercepted a boat carrying 56 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar off its northern island of Langkawi, authorities said on Tuesday, with rights groups expecting further perilous journeys by s...
-- 2018-04-03 21:01:34
A Pakistan political party linked to the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks blasted Washington on Tuesday for violating the country's "sovereignty and constitution", hours after the United State...
-- 2018-04-03 18:07:39
Indonesia has declared a state of emergency around a port on Borneo island, officials said on Tuesday, after a large oil spill and fire killed four people at the weekend. Disaster mitigation official...
-- 2018-04-03 17:58:13
A Chinese father has been reunited with his daughter after looking for her for 24 years. Wang Mingqing's tireless search included becoming a taxi driver in Chengdu city, in the hope he might one day...
-- 2018-04-03 14:46:33
The militant group Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for killing four members of a Christian family in southwestern Pakistan. A statement issued by the group claimed that militants...
-- 2018-04-03 13:47:26
At least five people have been killed and 19 others wounded in a car crash in Gwa township, Myanmar's Rakhine state, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Gwa-Ngathaingc...
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