Rescuers dug through earth and rocks for a second day on Sunday in an increasingly bleak search for some 118 people still missing after their village in southwest China was buried by a huge...
More than 120 people are missing after a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media say. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a...
More than 120 people are missing after a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media say. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a...
Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Friday any move to shut it down was an attack on media freedom, following demands by Gulf neighbours for the channel to be taken off air. The closure of the...
North Korea on Friday accused the US of waging a "smear campaign" over the death of a student who was sent back home in a coma, denying he was tortured or abused. President Donald Trump has slammed...
Friends and family members are gathering in Ohio to say goodbye to an American student who just six died days after being returned to the United States in a coma following 17 months in captivity in...
Turkey on Thursday sent its first ship loaded with aid for its embattled regional ally Qatar which has been hit by sanctions from Gulf powers led by Saudi Arabia, state media said. Turkey has already...
Handheld crossbows that can fire out needles and nails are the latest must-have toy in China but anxious parents want them banned before a young child gets blinded or worse. Selling online and in...
Myanmar security forces have killed three people in raids on "terrorist" training camps run by Rohingya Muslim militants in the north of Rakhine state, state media reported on Thursday. Guns,...
Deutsche Welle Tuesday launched a story series for young Africans. The project, sponsored by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, will present 25 outstanding personalities of African history as a web comic...
Saudi Arabia’s king has appointed his son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince – replacing his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef, as first in line to the throne. King Salman’s decree also means Prince...
A senior Vietnamese environment official has been fired for negligence over a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in a major environmental crisis last year, according to officials and state...
Qatar on Tuesday accused "neighbouring countries" that have cut ties with Doha of being responsible for the alleged hacking attack on state media which began the current diplomatic crisis. Attorney...
Chinese cities are cracking down on jaywalkers by installing facial recognition kits at intersections to identify and shame them by posting their photo on public screens, state media said Tuesday. It...
Chinese banks have frozen the accounts of more than 100 commodities traders in northeast Myanmar in a bid to clamp down on smuggling and illegal gambling, state media reported Tuesday. Myanmar's...
Four 14-year-old school boys are expected to appear in a children’s Court in South Africa over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, public broadcaster SABC reports. One of the suspects...
The tenth Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum will today kick off in Bonn, Germany. Per Second News correspondent reports from Germany that the forum is focusing on the international economic growth,...
Ghana’s state broadcaster Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) had portions of its physical structures gutted by fire late Friday. No one was reported dead from the fire, which started with several...
Part of GBC has been gutted by fire Sections of a building at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) at Kanda in Accra was razed by fire on Friday, June 16. The cause of the fire is unknown but...
But for the timely intervention of fire personnel, most facilities at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) would have been razed by fire on Friday evening. Some stores of the media corporation at...
