Geneva: Weather-related disasters have grown more frequent over the last 20 years, claiming more than 600,000 lives, the UN said today, issuing a further...
BRUSSELS: Western leaders stepped up the rhetoric against the Islamic State (IS) group on Sunday as residents of the Belgian capital awoke to largely...
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA): President Barack Obama has vowed that the United States and its international partners “will not relent” in the fight against the...
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has halved the number of Tamil diaspora groups banned by his predecessor for having links with the LTTE,...
NAIROBI: At least five people were killed in overnight clashes in Burundi, police said on Sunday, and residents reported a battle at the president’s...
KATHMANDU (NEPAL): Nepal police shot and killed two Indian-origin Madhesis participating in a blockade of a key highway in the volatile southern plains over...
KUALA LUMPUR: Joint fight against terror and the early need for settling territorial and maritime disputes in the South China Sea figured prominently in...