Asia

Istanbul: A Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a military helicopter being used by a faction within the army attempting a coup over the capital Ankara early...

Ankara: Access was restricted in Turkey on Friday to Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's YouTube shortly after news that a military coup was...

Istanbul: Flights to Turkey diverted and departures from Istanbul's Ataturk Airport were canceled as a coup attempt unfolded in the country on Friday...

Ankara: Turkey's military said on Friday it had seized power, but President Tayyip Erdogan said the attempted coup would be put down. If successful, the...

Seoul: South Koreans protesting against a plan to deploy a US missile defence system in their district blocked a minibus carrying the prime minister for...

Seoul: A North Korean defector who had lived in South Korea has been arrested in the North for conspiring with Seoul's spy agency to kidnap North Korean...

Ulaanbaatar: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday that his country should stop interfering and hyping up the South...

Taipei: Taiwan investigators suspect two Russian nationals hacked into a major domestic bank’s ATMs last weekend, using malware to withdraw more than $2...

Beijing/Manila: China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty over the South China Sea and said it had the right to set up an air...

Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist rebels joined forces with the largest opposition party on Wednesday to lodge a motion of no-confidence in the prime...