The construction of the Torch Tower, Japan's new tallest skyscraper in central Tokyo, kicked off on Wednesday, according to the property developer. Located across the street from Tokyo Station, the structure, which will soar to approximately 390 meters upon expected completion in the fiscal year 2
Israel's tourism minister on Tuesday made what his office called the first public trip to Saudi Arabia by an Israeli cabinet member, to attend a UN tourism conference. Haim Katz's two-day visit to Riyadh comes as Saudi Arabia pursues a possible US-brokered deal that would forge formal relations wi
More than 113 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq's Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday. Nineveh Deputy Governor Hassan al-Allaq said that 113
Separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said Tuesday that at least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 others injured by an explosion at a gas station. The breakaway region’s health department said that 13 bodies have been found and seven people have died of injuries after the explosion
Sri Lanka has come out in support of India amid the latter's ongoing row with Canada, saying that terrorists have found "safe haven" in Ottawa and that Trudeau made "outrageous" allegations about India's role without providing any solid evidence, reports indiatvnews.comSri Lankan Foreign Minister A
Thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, queuing up for fuel and jamming the mountain road to Armenia after their fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan in a lightning military operation. The leadership of the 120,000 Armenians who call Karabakh home tol
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday launched the country's first carbon emission credit trading, with the aim of creating a market to fund cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and become a major participant in the global carbon trade. Indonesia, an archipelago home to the world's third-largest
At least 64 Palestinians were killed, with 10 others still missing, in the deadly floods that hit eastern Libya, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. In a statement, Ahmad al-Deek, a political adviser at the ministry, said that "we are following the conditions of the Palestinian commun
At least ten people were killed and nearly 100 injured in a fire and explosions at a factory in southern Taiwan on Friday. Four firefighters are among the deceased. The fire erupted at a golf factory in Pingtung County. Upon receiving the report, local fire authorities deployed firefighting crews
Sixteen people have been confirmed dead in a coal-mine fire in the city of Panzhou, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Sunday, local authorities said. The fire occurred around 8:10 am at the Shanjiaoshu Coal Mine in Panguan Town, reports Xinhua citing the city government of Panzhou. Initial i
Myanmar authorities have seized 254 kg of Methamphetamine (ICE) in eastern Shan state, according to the country's Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Acting on a tip-off, the anti-narcotic police searched a dump truck in Tachileik township on Sept. 20 and confiscated the 254 kg of ICE and 2
The 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh will leave for Armenia as they do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan and fear ethnic cleansing, the leadership of the breakaway region told Reuters on Sunday. Armenia's Prime Minister also said the Karabakh Armenians were likely to leave the reg
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Sunday the country expected to receive investment of at least $5 billion from Tesla , Google and Microsoft, reports Reuters. "Tesla would be looking into an EV manufacturing facility, Microsoft and Google are looking at data centres," he said, wit
