Banning of food imports from the US and the EU likely to heighten tensions over the conflict in Ukraine. Russia has banned most food imports from the United States and the European... Read more »
Crisis-hit airline suspends trading on stock exchange as state investment fund plans “complete overhaul” of carrier. Malaysia’s state investment fund has unveiled plans to make Malaysia Airlines fully government owned, as it... Read more »
Ten-year-old child killed in Israeli air strike hours after three-day truce in Gaza expires. srael has hit the Gaza Strip with missiles and artillery for the first time in three days, while... Read more »
Health official says Bangkok clinic at centre of surrogacy scandal violated regulations of country’s medical council. A Bangkok clinic at the center of a surrogacy scandal that left a Thai mother caring... Read more »
Moscow accuses NATO of “selling soap bubbles” as claims of Russian troop build-up near Ukraine prompts invasion fears. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has arrived in Ukraine, amid growing fears of a... Read more »
Israel reportedly offers unconditional ceasefire renewal but Hamas says no deal can be reached unless demands met. A leader of the Palestinian group Hamas has said there will not be a renewal... Read more »
RAWALPINDI (Pakistan) — Chief of Army staff, General Raheel Sharif who is on an official visit to Australia attended a foreign and security roundtable discussion hosted by Mr Peter Varghese AO, secretary... Read more »
Emergency aid aims to improve medical supplies and staff wages as Liberian healthcare system shuts down out of fear. The World Bank has pledged $200m to help contain the deadly Ebola virus,... Read more »
MUZAFFARABAD: At least 16 people were killed when a passenger van plunged into a deep ravine in Azad Kashmir region on Tuesday, officials said. The accident happened in the area of Chattha... Read more »
More than 1,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel have been arrested since Israel’s Gaza offensive began in early July. More than 1,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel have been arrested by the Israeli police... Read more »
Civilians are increasingly caught in the crossfire of civil war as the army marches on rebel-held Donetsk. Ukraine’s military has urged pro-Russia separatists to allow civilians to flee cities in the country’s... Read more »
US president downplays Russia’s role in the world, saying Vladimir Putin’s actions will hurt country in the long-term. Barack Obama, the US president, has dismissed Russia as a nation that “doesn’t make... Read more »
Rescuers laid out bodies in the streets on Monday (August 4) after at least 398 people were killed by an earthquake in China, leaving the idyllic mountain landscape littered with scenes of... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday that his government faced no threat from the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) planned ‘Azadi’ march on August 14 in Islamabad. Presiding over a consultative meeting of... Read more »
Overloaded ferry sinks in central Bangladesh, leaving up to 150 people missing after rescue of 50 passengers. An overloaded passenger ferry carrying up to 200 passengers has sunk on a river in... Read more »
JERUSALEM: A child was killed and 30 people wounded in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza City on Monday just minutes into an Israeli-declared truce, medics said. The strike hit... Read more »
GAZA CITY: The Israeli army on Saturday gave a first indication it was ending operations in parts of Gaza, while continuing to bombard other areas ahead of fresh truce talks in Cairo.... Read more »
KARACHI: With more than 32 bodies recovered from the sea, two families — one from Baldia Town and the other from Korangi — waited on Friday at the Clifton beach watching ambulances... Read more »
Dozens of dead bodies remain under the rubble in Rafah, as Israel’s assault on southern Gaza kills scores of civilians. Rafah, Gaza Strip – Under continued Israeli air strikes and artillery fire, Issa... Read more »
Twelve people killed after mudslide, now blocking Sunkoshi river, buried dozens of homes. A massive landslide in Nepal has killed 12 people, army sources said, and blocked a mountain river causing the... Read more »
At least 68 people killed and more than 180 injured in blast at factory making car wheels in eastern Jiangsu province. An explosion has killed 68 people and injured 187 at a... Read more »
Suspected fighters target Damboa in country’s north, “killing many” in early morning attack, witnesses say. Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed many villagers and set homes ablaze in a northeastern Nigerian town, witnesses... Read more »
US vessel Cape Ray, located in the Mediterranean, starts 60-day process of neutralising materials including mustard gas. The US container ship Cape Ray has started to neutralise chemical materials that were once part of... Read more »
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip express anger and despair as the death toll from Israel’s military campaign rises. Gaza City – As Israel continues to bombard the Gaza Strip with air strikes, many... Read more »