Asia

Gansu, China: As many as 11 people died, 80 injured in China after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the northwest province of Gansu, reports Dispatch...

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar on Saturday lifted a state of emergency imposed in a riot-hit area in March where deadly violence claimed dozens of lives.The emergency...

WASHINGTON: In an effort to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to extradite US whistleblower Edward Snowden, US President Barack Obama has been urged to...

KIROV, Russia: A Russian court on Friday released opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody, less than 24 hours after convicting him of embezzlement and...

MOSCOW: A Russian court has sentenced opposition leader Aleksey Navalny to five years in jail on embezzlement charges, Navalny has denied the charges‚ saying...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama considers cancelling his planned trip to Moscow for participating in the upcoming G20 summit over disagreements regarding former National...

MOSCOW: The US whistleblower Edwar Snowden has no plans to leave Russia yet, a lawyer who is assisting the former NSA contractor said on...

MOSCOW: The US whistleblower Edward Snowden has officially applied for political asylum in Russia, a Russian human rights lawyer revealed on Tuesday."Snowden has handed...

MOSCOW: US whistleblower Edward Snowden has not yet applied for asylum in Russia, Russian immigration authorities said on Monday.“The Federal Migration Service has not...