World

Sydney: US President Donald Trump has confirmed by telephone that his administration will honour a refugee resettlement deal with staunch ally Australia,...

Addis Ababa: The African Union (AU) is due to choose a new leader on Monday in a vote more likely to expose differences over the International Criminal...

Yangon: Human rights group Amnesty International and a thinktank have urged Myanmar to investigate the apparent assassination of prominent Muslim lawyer Ko...

Tokyo: Japan is scrambling to respond to intensifying trade pressure from US President Donald Trump, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe planning to meet the...

Tokyo: Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, has found possible nuclear fuel debris below the damaged...

Singapore: Nine Singaporean armoured vehicles seized by Hong Kong in November as they were being shipped home from military exercises in Taiwan, arrived...

Kualla Lumpur: Malaysia expanded a search on Monday for five Chinese tourists and a Malaysian missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Borneo, killing...

Manila: Philippine police have suspended controversial anti-narcotics operations until they can rid their ranks of "scalawags", their chief said...

Manila: A dental student from Paris was crowned Miss Universe on Monday, becoming the second Frenchwoman to win the title in the pageant's history and...

Quebec: Six people were killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Quebec mosque during Sunday night prayers, in what Canadian Prime Minister...