An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 shook northeastern Iran yesterday, but there was little damage and no casualties, state television

A French citizen and native of Angola has died in the custody of US immigration agents, they said on Wednesday, the latest in a number

Over a dozen Chinese lawyers and activists were detained or went missing in the final days of 2019 in a crackdown on participants of a private democracy gathering, rights groups said yesterday. T

The Pentagon yesterday warned that the Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group that stormed the US embassy in Baghdad would carry out more attacks on US facilities -- and would regret it.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday asked parliament for immunity, weeks after the embattled premier was indicted on a range of corruption charges.

Lebanon yesterday received an Interpol arrest warrant for fugitive former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, while Turkey launched an investigation into his daring escape from Japan.

Turkey’s parliament yesterday passed a bill approving a military deployment to Libya, aimed at shoring up the UN-backed government in Tripoli.

Taiwan’s military chief was killed in a helicopter crash yesterday, the defence ministry said, just days before the island goes to polls to elect a new president.

Sri Lanka’s government yesterday gave bus operators two weeks to turn down the notoriously loud music in their vehicles following

A computer programme can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than human experts, researchers said in

Thai retailers kicked off 2020 with a ban on single-use plastic bags, joining the battle against throwaway carriers in the Southeast Asian nation where citizens go through an average of eight every day.

The Australian state of New South Wales has declared a state of emergency and could begin forced evacuations from fire-stricken areas, as emergency crews battle deadly blazes and brace for a dangerous weekend ahead.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” that North Korea has indicated it could resume nuclear and missile tests, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday slammed the Congress and its allies opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act, saying they are against giving relief to those who have been brutalised and victimised in Pakistan.

Indonesia’s disaster agency yesterday warned of more deaths after torrential rains pounded the Jakarta region, triggering floods and landslides that killed at least 30 and left vast swaths of the megalopolis underwater.

A fire ripped through the monkey house at a German zoo on New Year’s Eve, killing roughly 30 animals inside, the zoo says.

Pro-Iran demonstrators have left the besieged US embassy in Baghdad after the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force ordered them to withdraw a day after their dramatic incursion.

Relief supplies began reaching thousands of people stranded in fire-ravaged Australian towns yesterday after deadly bushfires ripped through popular tourist spots and rural areas leaving at least eight people dead.

Sixteen inmates were killed and five were wounded in a prison fight in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, authorities said, in one of

Nine people died after Indonesia’s capital was hit by its deadliest flooding in years, authorities said yesterday, as torrential rains on New