BAKU: Russian air defences downed an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, four sources ...

OSLO: A bus carrying several foreign tourists went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a lake near the ...

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong will deliver Singapore's 2025 Budget statement in parliament ...

Steve Smith reprised his role as India's tormentor in chief by scoring a record 11th century against the nation on Friday, ...

TOKYO: Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw conditions falling into place for an imminent rate hike with one predicting a move ...

TOKYO : The yen hovered near a five-month low to the dollar on Friday as the U.S. Federal Reserve's hawkish messaging ...

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's legal representatives will attend the first Constitutional Court hearing on ...

Today marks two decades since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed around 230,000 people across multiple countries. Thailand is holding ceremonies to honour the thousands of lives lost. Saksith ...

Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted a former Taipei mayor on charges of corruption and the misuse of political donations.

The 10th arrondissement in Paris is known locally as “Little Jaffna”, a haven for the city’s South Asian population and a hub ...

South Korean investigators have delivered another summons to President Yoon Suk Yeol. This is the third time he has been summoned over his brief imposition of martial law. Investigative agencies may ...

Experts said the Boxing Day catastrophe in 2004 was a “huge wakeup call” that accelerated research, education and technology to better understand natural disasters and try to mitigate their impact.