Beijing: Chinese authorities have completed restoration of a famous 800-year-old Buddha statue after seven years. Visitors now can see a new appearance of the “Qianshou Guanyin”, a...
Los Angeles: American actress and singer Monica Lewis, who was the voice of the Chiquita Banana cartoon character, has died. She was 93. The former Benny Goodmna...
Port of Spain: General elections will be held September 7 in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, home to a huge ethnic Indian population, Prime Minister...
Seoul: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday advised South Korea to ban all people suspected of being infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) from...
Geneva: The UN-led Geneva Consultations on Yemen will begin on Monday, officials said. The announcement was made by Ahmad Fawzi, director of information service of the UN...
Washington: A US conservation agency has declared all chimpanzees, both wild and captive, endangered, a move that will curb the use of these animals in biomedical research,...
Kathmandu: The cost for reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged Nepal is approximately $6,663.1 million, according to a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) carried out by the Nepal Planning Commission...
Kabul: At least 40 insurgents were killed in a clash between security forces and Taliban militants in the southern Aghanistan province of Helmand on Friday, a senior...
London: A young woman has been jailed for three-and-half years for openly advocating violent jihad and instigating people on Twitter to indulge in “terrorist activities”. Alaa Esayed,...
Bangkok: Five Thai students arrested in Pakistan for trying to smuggle a pistol and ammunition aboard a flight to Bangkok are suspected of having links to local...