Islamabad: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has challenged the rejection of his nomination papers in 2013 general elections in the Supreme Court, a media report said on...
Singapore: Importers in Singapore have been ordered to withhold the sales of Nestle’s Maggi instant noodles produced in India until test results on its quality are out,...
Beijing: The toll from a ship that capsized on China’s Yangtze river has risen to 97, the transport ministry said on Friday. Xu Chengguang, the ministry’s spokesman,...
Seoul: Five more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have been detected in South Korea, raising the total to 41, the authorities said on Friday. The...
Kuala Lumpur: A 5.9-magnitude quake jolted Malaysia’s Sabah state on Friday. Initial reports from the Malaysian Meteorological Services Department said the quake struck 16 km northwest of...
Accra: Over 200 people were killed in an explosion at a gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra, even as torrential rains lashed the West African nation, the...
Washington: US President Barack Obama has said that China is considering the possibility of participating in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement that will bring...
Islamabad: At least 11 bodies have been recovered so far from a flooded stream in Balochistan province which swelled following heavy rainfall, media reports said on Thursday....
Damascus: At least 40 militants affiliated with the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front were killed in a series of military offensives in Syria’s Idlib province, authorities said...
Brussels: The European Commission (EC) has said that “intense work” will be continued to reach an agreement between Greece and international creditors over Athens’ debt issues, Efe...