A ferry loaded with nearly 200 people capsized off a central Philippine port on yesterday, officials said, killing at least 38 people in the

China yesterday welcomed the re-establishment of formal ties between the US and Cuba, despite the move representing a reconciliation between Beijing's

An Afghan appeals court quashes death sentences imposed on four men for their part in the mob killing of a young woman in Kabul in March.

The Islamic State group beheads two women in Syria on accusations of "sorcery," the first such executions of female civilians in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Witnesses described the scene at a Taiwan water park as "hell" after a ball of fire ripped through a crowd, with authorities putting the

An ITI aspirant is in utter shock after finding a dog’s photo on his admit card, reports the Times of India.

The death toll from a suicide attack on a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Kuwaiti capital rises to at least 25, the interior ministry says.

Islamic State (IS) militants kills more than 120 civilians since launching a fresh attack on the Syrian border town of Kobane, activists say.

Heavy rains have been battering the worst-affected Saurashtra region, where more than 50 people dies in flood-related incidents.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth, aged about 23, from the River Jamuna at Delua Madhyapara in Belkuchi upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. Officer-

Almost half a billion dollars worth of smuggled frozen meat -- some of it rotting and more than 40 years old -- has been seized in China, reports say.

China has blocked India's move in the UN demanding action against Pakistan over release of Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in violation of a resolution of the world body as it contended that India provided insufficient information.

East Asian neighbours South Korea and Japan marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties yesterday with a push to mend relations

Pakistan orders the temporary suspension of the death penalty during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

South Korea's ruling party-controlled legislation on Thursday approved President Park Geun-hye's choice for prime minster, ending a lengthy merry-go-round at the country's

Hong Kong lawmakers yesterday rejected a Beijing-backed electoral reform package derided as "fake democracy" during mass protests last year, leaving the city in deadlock

The owner of a hatchery has continued construction of a boundary wall, grabbing government forestlands at Lokkhindor village in

North Korea has been hit by its worst drought in a century, state media said yesterday, sparking fears of worsening food shortages in the impoverished communist country.

The NDA government said yesterday it had granted citizenship to nearly 4,300 Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan in its one year of being in power, nearly four times the number granted to such persons in the preceding five years under UPA-II.

Hong Kong police arrested nine people and seized suspected explosives, authorities said yesterday, as the city goes on high alert ahead of a crucial vote on a China-backed electoral reform package that sparked widespread protests last year.