Asia

Sendai (Japan): Finance leaders of the Group of Seven industrial powers united over the weekend in wishing that Britain stays in the European Union, but...

TAIPEI:Taiwan’s new president urged China on Friday to “drop the baggage of history” in an otherwise conciliatory inauguration speech that...

Cairo: An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean, Egypt's...

Kabul: Afghanistan signed a draft agreement on Wednesday with the Hezb-e-Islami militant group in a move the government hopes could lead to a full peace...

Dhaka: Bangladesh has asked SWIFT to help its police question technicians sent by the global financial network to Dhaka to connect a new bank transaction...

Bangkok: Child rights groups welcomed a new law in the Philippines requiring special emergency plans to protect children after disasters and said the...

Colombo: More than 150 people are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides triggered by more than three days of heavy rain in central Sri...

Beijing: China's Defence Ministry said recent military drills on its southeastern coast were annual exercises, after Chinese media had suggested they...

Bangkok: Thailand has ordered Uber Technologies and Grab to halt their motorcycle taxi-hailing services, a senior transport official said on Tuesday. The...

Ankara: Turkey's ruling AK Party has won initial support in parliament for a constitutional change that could see pro-Kurdish and other lawmakers...