India invested a record 1.16 trillion rupees (USD18 billion) in the financial year ended March, to develop highways and improve road connectivity across the nation, according to
A South Korean court said yesterday that it will allow a rare live broadcast of the verdict at the trial of disgraced former President Park Geun-hye later
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai left Pakistan yesterday, ending a surprise visit to the country, her first since being shot in 2012 by Taliban militants who
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un clapped his hands and said he was “deeply moved” as he, along with his wife and hundreds of other citizens, watched
A special plane carrying the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers killed by the Islamic State group in Iraq arrived in the northern Indian city of Amritsar
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai yesterday said she was excited to be back in Pakistan for the first time since she was shot in 2012
Prosecutors demanded 16 years in prison for a senior Indonesian politician accused of playing a key role in the theft by officials of USD170 million of public
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a border village on April 27, the South announced yesterday,
Four years after popular Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was hacked and went bankrupt, the case still casts a shadow over the regulatory regime put in
Marvia Malik has made history in Pakistan by becoming the first transgender newscaster in a conservative Muslim country where members of her community are taunted in public,
Authorities in Thailand have ordered the temporary closing of the beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Beach” to halt environmental damage caused by too many
After six years of seclusion, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seems to want to get out and see the world. Kim's surprise summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week
Americans appear open to President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to negotiate directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and at the same time are less
Wrapping up his first trip to the Mideast, South Korean President Moon Jae-in yesterday visited his nation’s special forces training Emirati soldiers and pledged that peace
Cambodia’s leader yesterday rejected the idea of reconciliation talks with the country’s only significant opposition party, which was dissolved by court order last November. Prime
Air New Zealand said yesterday that a drone came within meters of a flight descending into Auckland Airport from Tokyo, putting the safety of 278 passengers and
The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on companies across the globe to punish illicit trade with nuclear-armed North Korea, yet Myanmar, which is suspected of acquiring ballistic
New Zealand’s central bank said yesterday it will consider employment as well as inflation when setting interest rates and making other monetary policy decisions. The Reserve
The Philippine military said yesterday it will continue aerial patrols of a Chinese-held shoal near the South China Sea despite protests from Beijing over the flights, especially
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his apology yesterday for a cronyism scandal as opposition lawmakers warned it would hamper his ambitions of changing the
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