COLOMBO: The death toll in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bomb attacks has risen to 359, police said Wednesday.
Extensive search operations were carried out and...
KABUL: Afghan civilians are for the first time being killed in greater numbers by US and pro-government forces than by the Taliban and other...
MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday called the US tightening of oil sanctions on Iran an "aggressive and reckless" policy after Washington announced it was seeking...
DURBAN: The death toll from floods and mudslides that crushed homes in the South African port of Durban on Tuesday has risen to 33,...
BEIJING: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck China's remote Himalayan region of Tibet close to India early Wednesday, authorities said.
The epicentre of the quake, with...
TOKYO: A 41-year-old Indian-origin Japanese, who goes by the nickname "Yogi", has been elected to Tokyo's Edogawa Ward assembly, becoming the first Indian to...
NEW DELHI: India will stop importing crude oil from Iran following the US move to end sanction waivers, and will use alternate supply sources...
TEHRAN: Iranian media say the parliament has approved a bill that labels all US military forces as terrorist.
The legislation is a step further after...
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government never expected the Easter Sunday bombings of such magnitude, Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando said Tuesday and asserted that it...
TEHRAN: Iran and Pakistan will set up a joint border "reaction force" following deadly attacks on their frontier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced Monday...