Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Pakistan is trying to stay relevant through “terrorism” and “proxy war” but its “unholy plans” will never succeed. The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours share an uneasy relationship and India has, for de
A marine tanker carrying industrial fuel sank in rough seas off the Philippines on Thursday, causing the death of a crew member and an oil spill that could spread to waters off the capital Manila, officials said. Sixteen of the 17 crew members of MT Terra Nova have been rescued, Transportation Sec
Sri Lanka will vote on September 21 to elect a new president, a government notice said on Friday, a crucial contest that is expected to determine the future of reforms in the South Asian island nation weathering its worst financial crisis in decades. Nominations for the election have to be submitt
Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing three people, triggering flooding and sinking a freighter before barrelling west across the Taiwan Strait towards China where it is expected to dump more torrential rain. Gaemi made landfall around midnight (1600 GMT Wednesda
Violent attacks on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) north has likely killed 26 people, including 16 children, while several people were forced to flee after attackers set fire to their homes, the United Nations said. "I am horrified by the shocking eruption of deadly violence in P
The world again registered its hottest day on record on Monday, July 22, inching past Sunday which had just taken the title, according to preliminary data from a European Union monitoring agency. As heatwaves sizzled around the world and wildfires engulfed parts of the Mediterranean, Russia and Ca
North Korean balloons carrying trash have landed near South Korea's presidential office, the Presidential Security Service said on Wednesday. Trash carried by the balloons was identified in the area around the government complex in the Yongsan area, the security service said in a statement
A domestic plane slipped off the runway and crashed Wednesday while trying to take off from the airport serving Nepal’s capital, killing the 18 passengers and injuring the pilot. Police official Basanta Rajauri said authorities have pulled out all 18 bodies. The only survivor was the pilot,
A chartered flight carrying 123 Malaysians evacuated from deadly violence in Bangladesh reached Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Malaysia's home minister said. The flight, which included 80 students among the passengers, landed safely at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution
Australia's Wilmar Sugar and Renewables is closing its eight sugar mills for up to 16 hours due to a strike on Thursday by unionised workers asking for a better pay deal, the company said. Wilmar, owned by Singapore's Wilmar International, said the shutdowns would cost sugar cane growers revenue o
Sixteen people were killed in a fire at a department store in Sichuan province in China's southwest on Wednesday evening, state media said on Thursday. The fire broke out in a 14-storey building in a high-tech zone of the city of Zigong, shrouding the vicinity with thick smoke, according to the Xi
Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several areas across Gaza on Tuesday, while Palestinian health officials said at least 13 people were killed in Israeli bombardments in southern and central areas of the enclave. In Rafah, a southern border city where Israeli forces have been op
A militant attack on an Indian Army patrol in Jammu and Kashmir killed four soldiers, including an officer, the army said on Tuesday, the latest incident of violence in the Hindu-dominated part of the troubled Himalayan region. The deaths take to 11 this year's tally of Indian soldiers killed in s
