Asia

Cairo: An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean, Egypt's...

Kabul: Afghanistan signed a draft agreement on Wednesday with the Hezb-e-Islami militant group in a move the government hopes could lead to a full peace...

Dhaka: Bangladesh has asked SWIFT to help its police question technicians sent by the global financial network to Dhaka to connect a new bank transaction...

Bangkok: Child rights groups welcomed a new law in the Philippines requiring special emergency plans to protect children after disasters and said the...

Colombo: More than 150 people are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides triggered by more than three days of heavy rain in central Sri...

Beijing: China's Defence Ministry said recent military drills on its southeastern coast were annual exercises, after Chinese media had suggested they...

Bangkok: Thailand has ordered Uber Technologies and Grab to halt their motorcycle taxi-hailing services, a senior transport official said on Tuesday. The...

Ankara: Turkey's ruling AK Party has won initial support in parliament for a constitutional change that could see pro-Kurdish and other lawmakers...

Washington: The United States eased some sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday to support political reforms and economic growth in the country but retained other...

Sydney: Australian counter-terrorism police on Tuesday carried out raids across Melbourne connected with five men accused of planning to travel to Syria to...