Tag: Asia

Sri Lanka Monday vowed to honour government bonds of up to 1,780 billion rupees ($11.86 billion) even as the central ...

Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Jurgen Kantner was abducted ...

Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats and threw children ...

A ban on mobile phones, recording devices and "offensive language": the ground rules handed out at Syrian talks reflect the ...

The European Union imposed additional sanctions on North Korea on Monday over nuclear and ballistic missile tests carried out in ...

One of the world’s biggest and most successful clubs, Barcelona, is launching a football academy in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub. ...

Pakistan has renewed its vow to root out extremism after a fresh wave of attacks, but a rose-covered shrine in ...

A fanciful idea that started out as a joke among young members of one of Malaysia's most prominent families has ...

The main Syrian opposition group at peace talks in Geneva accused Damascus on Sunday of "stalling", after its chief envoy ...

Saudi Arabia on Sunday launched a parallel equity market designed to boost small and medium enterprises that closed up 20 ...

The city of Mosul is intertwined with human history, tracing its roots to 4,400 years ago when civilisation rose in ...

Thousands of film buffs were expected to gather in London's Trafalgar Square Sunday for a screening of "The Salesman" by ...

Accra Great Olympics defender Dan Quaye has confirmed that he will move to China to continue his football career after ...

Hundreds of Palestinians celebrated in Bethlehem after a young singer from the occupied West Bank city became the second Palestinian ...

Twinkle-toed former Japan striker Kazuyoshi Miura celebrated his 50th birthday by starting a J-League game for Yokohama FC on Sunday, ...

Mossab Abu Toha has never actually left Gaza, instead devouring books as an escape. Now he is struggling to open ...

For Pan Hsin-hsing the sight and smell of lilies held a particular horror for many years -- the pungent flowers ...

Australia skipper Steve Smith has warned his players against complacency and expects India to come back hard after the hosts' ...

Australia and Indonesia announced the full restoration of military ties Sunday as the countries' leaders held talks following a brief ...

Trying to raise the world's lowest birth rate is among the missions of South Korea's welfare ministry -- a challenge ...