World

Jakarta: Harvard and Columbia university research showing smoke from land fires in Southeast Asia led to more than 100,000 premature deaths last year...

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, the North's state media reported on...

Hanoi: A court in Vietnam sentenced a land rights activist to 20 months in jail on Tuesday for causing public disorder, her lawyer said, jailing her for a...

Bangkok: Wildlife officials fanned out in Bangkok's famed Lumpini Park on Tuesday to trap and round up large lizards living there that imperil the fish...

New York: Describing terrorism as an "existential threat", India has said that "hypocrisy" towards the menace is unacceptable and...

Balasore (Odisha): In a major achievement aimed at galvanising its air defence capability, India on Tuesday successfully test-fired two long range...

Havana: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani met with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Monday in Havana to reaffirm friendly ties between the two...

Johannesburg: South African police fired stun grenades and arrested 31 students in clashes at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand on Tuesday,...

Moscow: The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia's military was checking media reports of air strikes on a humanitarian aid convoy near Aleppo in Syria...

Manila: A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane was temporarily isolated after landing at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday following a...