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End of an era as typewriting tests phased out in India
With falling computer prices and governments phasing out its usage, typewriters have no future anymore
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North Korea says Trump 'bereft of reason': KCNA
Tensions tend to increase when South Korea and the US launch major military joint exercises
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Japan says 'can never tolerate' North Korea provocations
'We can never tolerate this'
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China combs through quake region for victims
Authorities have said thousands of response personnel are sent into the area
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Australia vitamin 'breakthrough' to cut miscarriages, birth defects
Australian government is funding the study
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Islamic State threatens new attacks in Iran in video
Iranian officials arrest dozens allegedly linked to the attacks
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Saudi security forces flatten old quarter of Shia town
Around ten bulldozers worked to demolish more buildings and clear up the detritus of combat
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Global stocks dip on Trump's warnings to North Korea
Investors turn to traditional safe-havens like gold, Japanese yen, bonds
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Mass market hopes for battery-free cell phone technology
The phone works by harvesting tiny amounts of power from radio signals
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Pokemon Go fans join giant Pikachus at Yokohama festival
Festival features a total of 15,000 Pikachus and will end on August 15
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Nepal criminalises isolation of menstruating women
The law stipulates a three-month jail sentence or a $30 fine for anyone forcing a woman to follow the custom
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Cockroach flies onto reporter's dress, startles her before live shot
Mary Beth McDade began shouting and attempting to brush the flying pest away with her microphone and clipboard
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Nearly 60,000 evacuated after China quake kills 19
Earthquake of 6.5 magnitude hit the Sichuan city on Tuesday
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Qatar offers visa-free entry to 80 nationalities
Nationals of the countries will only need to present a valid passport for entry, says interior ministry
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Indian soldiers kill three separatists in held Kashmir
Deaths spark clashes between government forces and residents of the area
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Myanmar seizes 20m pills in 'Golden Triangle' drug bust
Authorities in the three countries are struggling to dismantle drug networks that funnel narcotics through the region
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Shift Babri mosque away from Ayodhya site: Shia Waqf Board tells Indian SC
Says mosque should be relocated to nearby Muslim dominated area to conclude dispute
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North Korea says seriously considering plan to strike US naval base: KCNA
The strike plan will be put into practice at any moment once leader Kim Jong Un makes a decision
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WWII vet murdered in his pajamas in crime-ridden US city
He was beaten to death by burglars for refusing to leave his home
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Iran's Rouhani names two female vice presidents after backlash over male-only cabinet
Laya Joneydi appointed as VP for legal affairs, while Shahindokht Mowlaverdi as special adviser for citizens' rights
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Pictures of the day: August 9, 2017
13 photos from events around the world
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Car rams into soldiers, injuring six, in Paris suburb
France remains on maximum alert after a string of attacks
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#AintNoCinderella: Indian women mock politician who held victim responsible for being stalked
BJP official says woman chased in her car late at night had brought it on herself
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This painting of Muslim Lady Liberty hangs on a US Congressman's wall and people hate it
So far, he's remained true to his word and the painting remains on his wall
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Pakistani infant who underwent successful heart surgery in India dies
Father of four-month-old infant says the baby died owing to dehydration
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Marijuana use holds three-fold blood pressure death risk -study
Despite the widely held view that cannabis is benign, this research adds to previous work suggesting otherwise
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'El Chapo' Guzman hires John Gotti Jr's lawyer in US case
Lichtman said it was too early to say what his legal strategy might be
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Trump warns North Korea of 'fire and fury'
North Korea has vowed that the new UN sanctions would not stop it from developing its nuclear arsenal
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Thailand sentences man to 18 years in prison for insulting monarchy
He was charged with royal defamation and computer crime
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Lockheed fielding more missile defense queries amid North Korea tests
Shares of Lockheed are up nearly 8 percent
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Vietnam wins US defense pledges as tension with China grows
More than $3 trillion in cargo passes through the waterway every year
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Gulf diplomatic crisis splits families, destroys dreams
Half my family is in Dubai, in the UAE. I also have family in Bahrain, she said
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Kenyatta maintains strong lead in Kenya vote: election commission
Kenyatta is ahead with 54.8 per cent of the vote again 44.3 per cent
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Thirteen killed in China quake as aftershocks rattle survivors
Aid organisations warned that it will take time before a clear picture of the scale of the disaster comes into focus
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Diplomacy fails to defuse India, China border crisis - sources
The chance of a conflict is low, nobody is expecting Xi Jinping to go to war before the Communist Party's congress
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Strong earthquake rattles China; up 100 feared dead, thousands injured
Over 130,000 houses may be damaged
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Pakistani man arrested in Malaysia with 62 fake passports
Authorities have arrested 400 during a crackdown on foreigners in run-up to Southeast Asian Games
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Memorial to Jewish children vandalised in France
Miscreants desecrate, smash plaque bearing the names of the victims
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Thai journalist charged over Facebook criticism of junta
Rojanaphruk faces up to 14 years in prison over two cases filed by police
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At least nine mosques attacked in US every month this year
Incidents reported in 26 states from January to July 2017
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Ex-Blackwater chief wants private army to take over US military effort in Afghanistan: report
Erik Prince's sister is Trump’s education secretary; plan appears to have the support of Steven Bannon
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Psychologists accused of designing CIA 'torture' programme to face trial
'The factual evidence supports the men having recommended the use of interrogation techniques like waterboarding'
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'Literally above the law': Helicopter cop who filmed sex and naked sunbathers jailed
Footage included couple sitting naked by caravan, woman sunbathing naked with her daughters and couple having sex
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Earthquake shakes tourist spot in Turkey's southwest
Several residents fled their homes for fear of buildings collapsing
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Saudi-led coalition denies targeting family home in Yemen
Three women and six children were killed on Friday in the northwestern Saada province in an air strike on their home
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Iran's Rouhani under fire for male-only cabinet
'How can you speak of equality of the entire nation and ignore women?'
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi turns to state media amid fears for newly gained freedoms
Western diplomats and her own advisers have warned she has failed to control her administration's narrative
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Kenya's keenest voter braves old age, rain to make her mark
Since 2013, Gathoni has woken at 3 a.m. every day to pray for another Kenyatta victory
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Top S. Korea prosecutor apologises for abuses of power
The powerful legal service has been criticised for prosecuting political dissent or turning a blind eye to state abuse
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Violence creating 'lost generation' of Middle East men: study
War took 144,000 lives in a part of the world that is home to 600 million people

















































