Asia

Wellington: A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake pummelled central New Zealand early on Monday, killing at least two people, damaging roads and buildings and...

SYDNEY: Australia has reached a resettlement deal with the United States for refugees being held in Papua New Guinea and Nauru after attempting to reach...

Kabul: Afghanistan's parliament dismissed two more cabinet ministers on Sunday, ignoring pleas from the president and chief executive to halt votes that...

Kabul: The United Nations on Sunday appealed for $152 million to provide shelter, sanitation and food for a huge influx of refugees returning to Afghanistan...

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities on Sunday arrested a suspected militant who threw an explosive device at a church in the eastern island of Borneo and...

Wellington: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck central New Zealand just after midnight, the US Geological Survey said, causing widespread damage and...

Yangon: Eight people died and 36 were arrested in clashes between the Myanmar army and what the government believes are Rohingya militants in northern...

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors are seeking to question President Park Geun-hye this week over a political scandal which has engulfed her presidency, Yonhap...

KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a labourer blew himself up at the NATO air base at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing...

Manila: The Philippines' anti-graft agency has initiated an inquiry into whether the police chief broke the law by visiting the United States last week...