Russia's deputy foreign minister on Saturday declined to comment on reported calls between president-elect Donald Trump's incoming national security advisor and Moscow's ambassador to Washington. Asked to comment on the reported calls, deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti...
Bangladeshi police Saturday said they have arrested an Islamist extremist accused of being one of the "masterminds" of last year's deadly siege at a Dhaka cafe where 22 hostages were killed. A police spokesman said Jahangir Alam was detained Friday...
High levels of toxic chemicals were found in groundwater tests at a new facility scheduled to replace Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market - the world's largest - clouding the costly relocation plan, news reports said Saturday. The controversial project has been...
A South Korean captain and a Filipino crewman abducted by suspected Islamist militants in the southern Philippines three months ago were released on Saturday, the presidential peace adviser said. Jesus Dureza, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte, fetched the...
Beijing's air quality target for 2017 is more than double the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the mayor announced on Saturday in the wake of weeks of hazardous air pollution in the Chinese capital. "We will...
A Thai military air show for children was marred by tragedy Saturday when a fighter jet plunged from the sky and burst into flames, killing the pilot. Families were gathered at the airport in the southern city of Hat Yai...
Swiss president says she and Xi share 'same values' on trade President Xi Jinping and his Swiss counterpart, Doris Leuthard, have both expressed strong political will to advocate an open economy and oppose protectionism, shortly before Xi's arrival in Switzerland. Xi...
MORE HEAVY downpours are expected to spread over the flood-hit southern region next week. Despite the easing of torrential rains in recent days, the Meteorological Department has predicted increased rainfall for the South from Monday to Thursday. Flooding has causing many...
Many say South Korea is a republic of convenience stores, describing the country's some 30,000 24-hour retailers as being ubiquitous in almost every corner of Korean towns. Yet few realise that this country of 50 million has over 60,000 playgrounds...
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replaced independence hero Mahatma Gandhi as the 2017 face of the government's traditional handloom and cotton industry, triggering criticism on Friday. The image of the bespectacled Gandhi, wearing a loincloth and sitting...
