Asia

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday adopted a US-sponsored resolution on human rights violation in Sri Lanka with 25 countries, including India,...

Ankara: The head of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party, Abdullah Ocalan, who is currently being held in a Turkish prison, urged his colleagues to give...

YANGON: At least ten people including a Buddhist monk were killed and at least three mosques were destroyed after riots broke out in a...

PYONGYANG: In response to the use of nuclear-armed US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea, North Korea on Thursday threatened to...

Bhubaneswar: India tested the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from underwater in the Bay of Bengal off the Andhra Pradesh coast, an official said Wednesday."The...

Seoul: South Korean investments in Uzbekistan have reached the figure of $5 billion after Hyundai Engineering signed a deal worth $819 million as part of...

Colombo: Srilankan Airlines today slashed by half, its flights on the Colombo-Chennai sector in view of the attacks against Sri Lankan nationals in Tamil...

Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a group of Indian MLAs today beat up a policeman who had allegedly stopped the vehicle of Vasai MLA...

New Delhi: Indian parliament today passed the anti-rape Bill which provides for natural life term or even death for repeat offenders of rape and...

Hyderabad: A day after a nurse was raped by a policeman at Pargi, local police on Monday took the accused into custody. The accused cop,...