Tag: Asia

The Bangladesh navy said Thursday it has rescued 23 fishermen from the Bay of Bengal and is searching for scores ...

Fifty years ago, Sobhi Awwad left the ancient West Bank city of Jericho with his parents, running to dodge the ...

It's a dilemma many Palestinians from Jerusalem confront: Resign yourself to becoming an Israeli citizen or press ahead as a ...

Fifty years after the 1967 Six-Day War, a photograph of three awestruck Israeli paratroopers at the freshly captured Western Wall ...

China's factory activity contracted in May for the first time in almost a year, independent figures showed Thursday, hinting at ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts Indian premier Narendra Modi on Thursday on the sidelines of the Kremlin's annual economic forum, ...

Japan on Thursday launched a satellite to help build a high-precision geolocation system that will complement the US-operated GPS. A ...

An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at 'unprecedented' extinction risk ...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into possible collusion between the country's wildlife agency and two Chinese diplomats ...

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested near Kyebi in the Eastern Region for engaging in illegal mining. A surface mining ...

An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at "unprecedented" extinction risk ...

A 'disgruntled' ex-employee of a Saudi private school shot dead two staff members and injured a third, the school's chairman ...

A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq propaganda ...

Brazilian striker Elkeson scored once and forced an own goal as Shanghai SIPG downed Chinese rivals Jiangsu Suning 3-2 to ...

Authorities in Sri Lanka on Wednesday banned the open dumping of garbage near wildlife sanctuaries to discourage elephants from foraging ...

Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned cabin crew from wearing ...

Seven men have been sentenced to death for raping a disabled boy in Kuwait and threatening to leak footage of ...

A gunman killed two staff at a private school in the Saudi Arabian capital on Wednesday, a security source told ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May held talks with Saudi officials on Tuesday, hoping to tap the oil-rich kingdom's "immense potential" ...

A Bahraini court dissolved a secular opposition party on Wednesday, a judicial official said, as authorities in the Gulf state ...