Asia
3 days ago
Israel launched a "diplomatic offensive" against Iran on Tuesday, calling on 32 countries to impose sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards and their missile programme. Late on Saturday, Iran carried out an unprecedented direct attack on Israel, using more than 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike…
3 days ago
Two members of a notorious criminal gang were arrested by Indian police on Tuesday for firing at the home of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in retaliation for the superstar's killing of two antelopes. The Bishnoi gang, accused of several murders and extortion rackets, hails from a wider desert-based religious sect that considers the species to…
3 days ago
Four people died and at least 19 more were missing after a boat ferrying them across a swollen river capsized in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Rescuers in rubber boats, joined by marine commandos, were scrambling to find survivors as hundreds of worried and mourning family members gathered at the riverbanks after the accident.…
4 days ago
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday he would not hand his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court, which is investigating his deadly drug war.
4 days ago
Tech giant Apple said Monday it would increase spending on suppliers in Vietnam, a key production hub, as CEO Tim Cook arrived in the country for a two-day visit.
4 days ago
China's economy is expected to have slowed in the first three months of the year as it continues to be buffeted by a debilitating property sector crisis and flagging consumer activity.
14 Apr
In his spartan home in Israel's Negev desert, Mohamed Hassouna points to the spot where his seven-year-old daughter Amina was seriously wounded by a fragment of a projectile during Iran's attack on Israel.
14 Apr
At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, the government's disaster management department said Sunday.
14 Apr
At least 15 people have been found dead after a landslide in central Indonesia, local authorities said on Sunday.
14 Apr
Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles towards Israel in its unprecedented attack overnight, injuring at least 12 people, an Israeli army spokesman said Sunday.
13 Apr
Israel was coming under direct attack from Iran Saturday, the army announced, in a major escalation of the long-running covert war between the regional foes that threatened to overshadow the conflict in Gaza. Iran had repeatedly threatened to strike Israel in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike on its Damascus consular building and…
13 Apr
Police in Iran announced a new crackdown Saturday on women who ignore the country's strict Islamic dress code that makes it compulsory for them to wear headscarves in public.