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-- 2018-03-06 15:19:03
Sri Lankan government has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday. The emergency has been announced a day after Bu...
-- 2018-03-06 14:03:28
A South Korean provincial governor announced his resignation on early Tuesday, just hours after his secretary accused him of raping her. The woman who accused South Chungcheong Governor Ahn Hee-jung,...
-- 2018-03-06 13:20:46
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met senior South Korean government officials for the first time and said it is his “firm will to vigorously advance” inter-Korean ties and pursue reunificat...
-- 2018-03-06 12:37:55
There has been a significant drop in the number of child marriages worldwide, the United Nations children's agency says. UNICEF estimates that 25 million child marriages have been prevented in the pa...
-- 2018-03-06 12:28:54
At least 25 people were killed when a truck carrying a wedding party fell into a deep drain in India's western state of Gujarat on Tuesday, Xinhua reported citing News18 TV channel. The accident occu...
-- 2018-03-06 12:07:19
A four-storey bunkhouse collapsed in the central Philippine city of Cebu on early Tuesday, killing five workers and wounding 55 others, said disaster officials. Xinhua news agency reported citing the...
-- 2018-03-06 11:06:45
Sri Lanka sent troops and elite police to central Kandy district and imposed a curfew there on Monday to prevent clashes between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims after a mob set fire...
-- 2018-03-05 20:35:35
Saudi Arabia has announced to permit women to work as tourist guides from this year amid ongoing efforts for women empowerment in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Director of Saudi Commission for Tour...
-- 2018-03-05 18:11:39
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks with a South Korean delegation on Monday. South Korea’s presidential office spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said a 10-member South Korean delegation was greet...
-- 2018-03-05 14:10:58
Strong aftershocks hit Papua New Guinea’s remote and rugged highlands on Monday, as the death toll climbed to 55 from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake a week ago, and is expected to rise further. Thr...
-- 2018-03-05 13:03:45
A curfew has been imposed on parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir to contain protests after Indian troops killed three young civilians and a rebel. Indian army Colonel Rajesh Kalia says militants fired...
-- 2018-03-04 18:01:28
South Korea's president will send a delegation led by his national security director to North Korea this week for talks on how to ease nuclear tensions and help arrange the restart of dialogue between...
-- 2018-03-04 17:14:47
China's "moderate" defence spending rises in the past few years have been to make up for past deficiencies and the country's military will not threaten anyone, a senior diplomat said on Sunday ahead o...
-- 2018-03-04 17:03:32
Kirshna Kumari Kolhi from Pakistan's Sindh province has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country, according to a media report today. Ms Kolhi, 39, from Thar is a...
-- 2018-03-04 11:36:29
North Korea threatened on Saturday to“ counter the US” if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea, and said it would not beg for talks with Washington. The Unite...
-- 2018-03-03 21:32:04
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser told US business leaders in Washington that China hopes the White House will revive high-level dialogue on economic disputes and name a new ch...
-- 2018-03-03 18:25:38
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to form government is Tripura Assembly while the Congress has taken a firm lead in Meghalaya, according to initial results. The BJP is leading in mor...
-- 2018-03-03 14:31:28
Cambodia’s prime minister has accused the US government of being dishonest in its announced suspension of aid to the Southeast Asian nation. He said on Saturday that Cambodia had already stoppe...
-- 2018-03-03 13:54:27
National Meteorological Center (NMC) of China has issued a yellow alert as fog lingered in southern and central China. The national observatory said on Saturday that heavy fog will affect parts of An...
FE Online Desk 2018-03-03 13:45:14
SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) --S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term corporate credit rating on India-based generic drugmaker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to 'BB-' from 'BB'. "The o...
-- 2018-03-03 13:33:48
At least three armed insurgents were killed and four others wounded during military operations in Kunduz province of Afghanistan, a local official said Saturday. A police spokesman said, "Security fo...
-- 2018-03-03 13:14:44
A district court in central China has sentenced thirteen people to prison terms over their involvement in a telecom fraud case, said local authorities. The 13 people will receive prison terms ranging...
-- 2018-03-03 10:57:00
Three people have died and 12 others have fallen ill in a national listeria outbreak linked to contaminated rockmelons, and more cases are expected, Australian health authorities said. The outbreak i...
-- 2018-03-03 00:15:42
US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a telephone call on Thursday that a UN Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria must be implemented i...
-- 2018-03-02 19:48:20
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday for the first time in a corruption case that involves the country's largest telecommunications company Bezeq, Israel Radio said....
Agencies 2018-03-02 15:21:15
At least 26 people have been killed after a fire ripped through a drug rehabilitation centre in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, local media reported on Friday.. Television pictures showed flames leaping t...
-- 2018-03-02 10:31:54
China warned Taiwan on Friday it would only get burnt if it sought to rely on foreigners, adding to warnings from state media the country could go to war over Taiwan if the United States passes into l...
-- 2018-03-02 10:17:04
Iran has detained 35 women for trying to attend a football match. They tried to go to a game between Tehran teams Esteqlal and Persepolis on Thursday. Iran said they were temporarily held and would b...
-- 2018-03-01 15:04:34
Indian soldiers have killed two Pakistani troopers in the latest ‘unprovoked’ fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, says Pakistan's military. The gunfire from Indian troops o...
-- 2018-03-01 13:03:14
New Zealand’s intelligence agency on Thursday confirmed for the first time that a teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the southern city of Dunedin in 1981, sparkin...
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