S Korea says military is “fully prepared” after Pyongyang notified it of second live-fire exercise in four weeks. North Korea has begun a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea,... Read more »
At least 10 people have been killed when twin bombings struck a town northeast of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, a day before the country’s parliamentary elections. Security and medical officials said... Read more »
DHAKA: A severe storm has killed 16 people and destroyed 1,000 homes in northern Bangladesh, police and government officials said Monday. The storm tore through scores of villages overnight on Sunday, uprooting... Read more »
BANGUI: Heavily armed African and French peacekeepers escorted some of the last remaining Muslims out of Central African Republic’s volatile capital on Sunday, trucking more than 1,300 people who for months had... Read more »
Signing of deal during Obama trip raises concern over US influence and impact on Manila’s already strained Chinese ties. Manila – US President Barack Obama has arrived in the Philippines in a visit widely... Read more »
Etisalat, the leading telecommunications operator in the UAE, said it has signed a multi-currency club deal worth 3.15 billion euros ($4.35 billion) with a group of seventeen international, regional and local banks.The move is aimed... Read more »
Amid crackdown on opposition, judge also confirms death sentences for 37 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters. The Egyptian court that previously sentenced 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death has sentenced an additional 683... Read more »
KUALA LUMPUR: US President Barack Obama arrives Saturday in Malaysia hoping to energise aloof ties with a Muslim-majority nation whose government is under the microscope for wide allegations of abuse of power... Read more »
WELLINGTON: A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no immediate tsunami warning or reports of significant damage. The... Read more »
At least four killed and 30 wounded in explosion outside mosque in city of Karachi. A bomb attack in Pakistan’s biggest city, Karachi, has killed at least four people and wounded 30... Read more »
US and EU officials agree on new sanctions against Moscow, as Russian military drills continue along Ukrainian border. Source: AFP And Reuters US President Barack Obama and top European leaders are moving... Read more »
US president says the government in Pyongyang would “rather starve its people than feed their hopes and dreams”. North Korea is a weak “pariah state” whose heavily militarised border with the South... Read more »
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour says Amman backs recent reconciliation deal between the resistance movement of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. Ensour also praised Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for signing the unity... Read more »
Saudi Arabia has commissioned the first phase of the world’s largest desalination project, being built at a cost of SR27 billion ($7.2 billion) in Ras Al Khair, a report said.The plant for production... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The four cellular service providers bidding on licences for next generation mobile technology emerged the winners of Wednesday’s bidding war, with Mobilink, Telenor and Ufone picking up licences for 3G services... Read more »
LAHORE: Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif narrowly escaped a shoe hurled at him during the inauguration of a three-day South Asia Labour Conference in Lahore. The shoe-hurler turned out to be a... Read more »
Seizure, relating to unpaid compensation for Chinese ships leased in 1936, sparked Japanese formal diplomatic complaint. China has released a Japanese cargo ship after its owners paid $28m to settle a pre-war... Read more »
A police guard opens fire at an international hospital in Afghanistan’s capital, killing at least three Americans. At least three American doctors have been killed by a security guard at an international hospital in... Read more »
At least 21 people were killed in an air strike near the Syrian city of Aleppo Thursday. (AFP) “The number of people killed in an air strike this morning against the market... Read more »
TOKYO — President Obama arrived here on Wednesday evening to begin a four-country tour of Asia, after first stopping in Washington State to survey the devastation left there by last month’s deadly... Read more »
5 Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) Matches: 2 Wickets: 5 Overs: 8 Runs Conceded: 38 Average: 7.6 Economy Rate: 4.75 Strike Rate: 9.6 Sunil Narine – the mystery spinner – started the IPL 2014 picking up four wickets against the... Read more »
Islands at centre of China-Japan are covered by US-Japan defence alliance, US president says as he leaves for Tokyo. The islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing are... Read more »
Jordan is doing its best to cope with the large number of Syrian refugees, but the international community should work to end the conflict in Syria, Saudi Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal said during... Read more »
NORTH Korea could well be preparing to carry out its fourth nuclear test, South Korea’s Defence Ministry says. Defence ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok has told a press briefing today, there has been... Read more »