Tag: Asia

China responded cautiously Monday to Donald Trump’s latest diplomatic outburst but local media and some citizens mocked the President-elect for ...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu of ignorance about history and the Jewish faith on Tuesday ...

The Jordan Football Association on Sunday inaugurated its first women's stadium in the capital Amman that is to feature in ...

Bangladesh's highest court Sunday ordered the demolition of a lakeside building occupied by powerful garment groups, a move welcomed by ...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Tokyo Sunday, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich ...

For a brief moment Ishamuddin Khan had the world at his feet: A pioneer of the "Great Indian Rope Trick" ...

Hip Hip Hip - Hurray!!! Champagnes popping, firecrackers going wild, merry making and excitement all around the country. Indeed, we ...

Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul containing the remains ...

China on Saturday tried to downplay concerns it is reducing market access for foreign enterprises, days after a report by ...

Taiwan prosecutors said a man from China, reportedly a recent graduate from one of the island's top universities, was detained ...

A Swiss man will go on trial this month on allegations he sexually abused more than 80 boys -- some ...

Maldivian opposition parties protested Friday a planned visit by King Salman following reports that Saudi business interests were buying an ...

Thousands of younger demonstrators erupted with joy while a rival older crowd angrily clashed with riot police -- two of ...

The UN has accused Turkish forces of serious violations during unrest in the south-east of the country that left 2,000 ...

Friday's final verdict by South Korea's Constitutional Court to sack impeached president Park Geun-Hye has finally put an end to ...

China has put its first stealth fighter into military service, state-run media reported on Friday, in the latest milestone highlighting ...

Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM. N), the world's biggest publicly traded oil producer, has agreed to pay Italy's Eni (ENI.MI) $2.8 ...

The Japanese and US navies are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea as tension intensifies in the region ...

The bruises, scabs and chain markings have long faded but Haji Ghulam is still visibly traumatised by his month-long abduction, ...

The conference is expected to be opened with a keynote address Secretary-General of UNCTAD Rescue Shipping and Investment Agency, a ...