World

Tokyo: Japan's first lady, Akie Abe, once known mainly for embracing progressive causes that put her at odds with her conservative spouse, is now in the...

Manila: The territorial dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea remained a security challenge despite an improvement in bilateral ties, the Philippine...

Manila: Some rights groups may have become "unwitting tools" of drug lords in the Philippines to undermine the president, his spokesman said on...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's government tabled a bill in parliament on Monday outlawing "fake news", with hefty fines...

Vilnius/Tallinn: European Union governments were set to make good on a threat to punish Russia for a nerve agent attack in Britain they blame on Moscow,...

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday over his alleged dealings with the country's largest...

Cairo: Egyptians began voting on Monday in a presidential election set to deliver an easy win for incumbent Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, with turnout the main...

Moscow: At least 64 people were killed by a fire which engulfed a busy shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russian investigators said on Monday,...

Cairo: Egypt's police killed on Sunday six militants belonging to the group the interior ministry accuses of carrying out a bombing in the coastal city...

Mogadishu: A suicide car bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint near Somalia's parliament and interior ministry in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, and...