Asia

Manila: When the deadline for his ransom passed this week, Canadian John Ridsdel was beheaded by his captors, the Abu Sayyaf, whose network in the...

Seoul: North Korea appears to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday,...

Yangon: A Myanmar court on Tuesday jailed a former monk and leader of the 2007 anti-junta uprising for six months with hard labour on immigration charges, a...

Kananakis (Canada)/Manila: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned on Monday the execution of a Canadian hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants in the...

Tokyo: Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, speaking ahead of a visit to Beijing, said on Monday China was making the world "worried" with its...

Daamgade( Nepal): When a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal a year ago, 25-year-old Yama Tamang lost his farm, where he used to grow maize. To support...

Sydney: Australian police have arrested and charged a teenager with planning a terror attack on Monday's commemorations of the ANZAC landings at...

The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of...

Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani said Afghanistan faced a terrorist enemy led by Taliban in Pakistan in a sombre speech to parliament on Monday that...

Kathmandu: Grieving relatives mourned on Sunday the thousands killed in a huge earthquake in Nepal last year, as aid agencies warned about the health risks...