A Swiss pilot of a solar plane yesterday embarked on the longest leg of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel. André Borschberg took off
Despite hopes that weekend thundershowers would help end a raging heat wave in southern India, the rain brought only limited relief as the death toll since mid-April approached 2,200. Officials said
Twelve people suffered minor injuries and businesses returned to normal yesterday after a powerful earthquake near remote Japanese islands shook most of the country the previous night, but it was
For an elite but passionate group of vintage car collectors in Pakistan, restoring antique rides is like travelling back in time — and money seems to be no obstacle when
Everest Day, marking the conquest of the world’s tallest peak 62 years ago, was marked quietly by officials, people in the mountaineering business and a few climbers Friday, little more
In the past month, more than 3,000 desperate, hungry people have landed on the shores of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, drawing international attention to a crisis in Southeast Asia. Arrivals of the
Eating onions, lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians were doing whatever they could yesterday to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has killed more than
An Australian boy who was photographed holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier could reportedly return to Australia with his mother and siblings, prompting the prime minister to warn
The top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed yesterday on the need to increase pressure on North Korea and urged the country to engage in
The Airbus A330-300 was carrying 182 passengers and 12 crew members when the incident occurred Saturday, the airline said in a statement. The jet lost power in both engines after
Joshua Wong - co-founder of the student activist group Scholarism - said in a Facebook posting yesterday that the immigration officials wouldn’t let him through an airport checkpoint after he
Malaysian forensics teams exhumed a body from a shallow grave yesterday at an abandoned jungle camp used by human traffickers, the first of what police predicted would be more grim
An international gathering about the plight of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims boasts a star-studded cast, with three Nobel Peace laureates among those calling on the world to wake up to
Philippine aircraft will continue to fly their usual routes over disputed reefs in the South China Sea, the country’s president said yesterday, defying China’s challenges to its planes and those
Malaysian authorities said yesterday that abandoned jungle camps used by human traffickers contained 139 suspected graves as well as pens likely used as cages for migrants, shedding more light on
At least 500 people are reported to have died in a heat wave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C in some areas, the BBC reported yesterday. Most deaths have taken place
Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon is urging tourists to come to Nepal, where two powerful earthquakes in the last month killed thousands of people and raised concerns that the nation’s
Malaysian authorities said yesterday that they have discovered a series of graves in at least 17 abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand where Rohingya Muslims
Female activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea yesterday, but were allowed to cross by
Malaysia’s prime minister said yesterday he has ordered the navy and the coast guard to comb the sea to look for stranded migrants, the first country to announce it will search
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