World
More News
-
Turkey police seize over 26,000 historical artifacts
Turkey has been fighting for the return of stolen pieces at home and abroad
-
Philippine ferry capsizes with 251 on board, four reported dead
A tropical storm is expected to make landfall on the southern island of Mindanao
-
Elderly woman, young girl die in Iran quake panic
The quake caused no major damage but tens of thousands of people spent the night outside for fear of aftershocks
-
Shots fired at DMZ as North Korean soldier defects to South
Two North Koreans found in fishing boat seek to stay
-
Singapore cryptocurrency cafe launches as regulators sound warnings
Singapore's concerns echo those expressed by regulators in other jurisdictions such as Australia and South Korea
-
India issues démarches to Pakistan, China on construction of dams
According to the Indian government, "these territories are illegally occupied by Pakistan"
-
Food security in Middle East, North Africa deteriorating, says UN agency
Several countries in the region erupted into conflict following uprisings in 2011
-
Indian Muslim family buys house in Hindu area, gets accused of ‘land jihad’
'Their way of life is different. Area will become Muslim-dominated. We can't allow this,' says BJP youth wing
-
NASA picks finalists to explore comet, Saturn's moon
NASA chose the pair from a pool of 12 proposed missions, submitted in April
-
Powerful Afghan regional leader ousted as political picture clouds
'My dismissal has no legal or legitimate basis'
-
US may increase list of designated terrorist groups, individuals
Reports came after first round of two-day US-India dialogue on designations of terror groups
-
Australia finds wreck of first Allied submarine to sink in World War One
Authorities did not disclose the wreck’s location, except to say it was found off the Duke of York Islands
-
Indonesian police warn religio-political groups against raids in search of Santa hats
Christmas is widely celebrated across Indonesia and holiday decorations are ubiquitous
-
An attack on Saudi Arabia is considered an attack on the US: Trump
US, Saudi accused Iran of supplying Houthi rebels with missile involved in another attack in Riyadh
-
India acquits ex-telco minister of corruption
Judge Saini said there was a lack of evidence and Raja's supporters let off firecrackers outside the courthouse
-
China sentences 13 Taiwanese nationals for telecom fraud
The group was sentenced to between two and 15 years in prison and slapped with fines
-
Dozen hurt as car hits crowd in Melbourne
A witness told Melbourne radio station 3AW that she heard screams before she saw 'people flying everywhere'
-
Indian court acquits all accused in 2G telecoms case
The uncertainty hurt business sentiment in Asia's third-biggest economy
-
US follows Mexico in backing disputed Honduran vote result
Violent protests have broken out in Honduras over the vote
-
US woman delivers baby from embryo frozen for 24 years
By some measures, it makes the embryo that became Emma Wren only about a year younger than her mother
-
Arab coalition says will keep Yemen port open; air raids kill at least 9
Saudi-led coalition keeps up air attacks in Yemen
-
New York man sentenced to 15 years for plotting to help Islamic State
Prosecutors said Saidakhmetov tried to travel to Syria to join the militant group
-
Trump threatens to cut aid to UN members over Jerusalem vote
The UN General Assembly will meet on Thursday to vote on a draft resolution which the US vetoed
-
British PM Theresa May forces her own deputy to resign after pornography scandal
Green, who voted to stay in the EU, was appointed as first secretary of state just six months ago
-
Host of ‘India’s Most Wanted’ show gets life term in wife’s murder
Suhaib Ilyasi's wife was found dead at her home with stab wounds 17 years ago
-
The secret behind Santa being red
It was in 1823 that the poem 'The Night Before Christmas' led to emergence of modern day Santa
-
Missile attack on Riyadh bears hallmarks of Iranian-provided weapons: US envoy
Tehran denies supplying weapons to Yemeni rebels as alleged by both Riyadh and Washington
-
New Delhi to combat pollution with ‘anti-smog’ mist cannon
Greenpeace says solution to pollution lies in controlling it at the source rather than spraying water on it
-
Man arrested for vandalising sculpture of naked woman in Algeria
The Ain El Fouara statue has been vandalised in the past too for being 'un-Islamic'
-
'Know your place': Turkish leader rebukes UAE minister over tweet
The UAE outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood as a 'terror' group in 2014
-
Sushma posts Geeta's diary as search for her family still continues
The deaf and mute girl returned to India after staying in Pakistan at Edhi Foundation for over a decade
-
Pakistan issues visa to Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family
The Indian spy was sentenced to death earlier this year for espionage and terrorism in Pakistan
-
Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi known for confronting Israeli soldiers arrested
Seen in viral videos, the 16-year-old has been attending protests when she was just nine years old
-
India, China to hold talks on disputed borders
Special representatives from both sides have been holding regular talks since 2003, but disputes remain
-
US takes India back to WTO in solar power dispute
Renewable energy has become a hot area of trade friction
-
Plastic found in mussels from Arctic to China
Microplastics can return to human food via shellfish
-
Indian schoolboy suspended for 'long hug' with female classmate
Teenager appealed the decision and state authorities ordered he will be allowed to finish final year of high school
-
A cross to bare: tattoos and tradition in Jerusalem
Coptic Christians traditionally mark their wrists with a cross
-
Afghanistan political turmoil deepens as regional leader ousted
Leadership calls into question the legitimacy of unity government formed after disputed presidential election of 2014
-
Troops lock down Iraqi Kurdistan's second city after riots
Armoured personnel carriers, water cannon and trucks mounted with machine guns were stationed at the city
-
Chinese firm turns panda poop into toilet paper
Fengsheng will collect the faeces from three panda bases in Sichuan a couple of times a week.
-
Former Pentagon official claims aliens visited Earth
Luis Elizondo was ex-chief of the $22 million 'Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Programme'
-
Dubai denies it's refusing visas to Pakistanis
UAE's general directorate of residency and foreigners affairs says visitors from Pakistan are welcome to enter Dubai
-
Desperate Venezuelans peddle wares door-to-door in Colombia to survive
Some worried Colombian shopkeepers are demanding the border be closed to protect their businesses
-
Strikes kill 19 in rebel village in Syria's Idlib: Observatory, rescue service
The strikes pounded the town of Maar Shureen
-
South Korea fired 249 warning shots to fend off Chinese fishing boats
South Korean coast guard vessels regularly chase Chinese boats suspected of fishing illegally in South Korean waters
-
Major decline seen in issuance of Indian visas for Pakistanis
While 52, 525 Pakistanis recieved visas in 2016, 34,445 were given visas in 2017
-
US expresses concern about Hafiz Saeed running for office
Says any intelligence on Saeed will be shared with Pakistan hoping that it will “do the right thing”
-
Cardinal Bernard Law, symbol of Church's sexual abuse crisis, dies
Law's resignation from his Boston post in 2002 shocked the Church and brought abuse into the open
-
Kenya police raid Islamic school, arresting teachers and holding 100 children
Kenya is mostly Christian but has a large Islamic population

















































