Tokyo: At least 120 residents were evacuated to safety after a volcano erupted in Japan’s Kuchinoerabu island on Friday. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued alerts demanding...
Shanghai: Shanghai artist Dai Jianyong has been detained after publishing a humorous image of Chinese President Xi Jinping sporting a moustache, according to Chinese Human Rights Defenders...
Zurich: The FIFA presidential election scheduled for this week should be postponed for six months in view of the criminal charges announced Wednesday against two of the...
San Juan: Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner declared himself “innocent of any charges” after Swiss and US authorities accused him of corruption. “I have been...
Beijing: Four officials were suspended from their duties on Thursday over a May 24 fire that claimed 38 lives at a rest home in China’s Henan province....
Buenos Aires: Three Argentinian businessmen appeared to be involved in the FIFA scandal investigated by the US Department of Justice for accusations of corruption, media reported....
Islamabad: Eight death row convicts, including three men who hijacked an airplane in May 1998, were executed on Thursday in Pakistan. Shahsawar, Sabir and Shabbir Baloch hijacked...
Jerusalem: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called upon the international community to establish a body to oversee rehabilitation in the Gaza Strip. “I call on all the...
Islamabad: Pakistan and the US will hold key talks on nuclear non-proliferation and strategic stability in Washington next week, media reported on Thursday. Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad...
Wellington: New Zealand will open an embassy in Iraq next week, with the new ambassador to provide diplomatic support to troops training the Iraqi army. Foreign Minister...