ABUJA: Three men burst into Nigeria’s Senate yesterday and snatched the legislature’s ceremonial mace, in an incident the body’s spokesman…

TOKYO: The top bureaucrat at Japan’s finance minister quit yesterday following allegations he sexually harassed female reporters, saying he wanted…

TOKYO: An anti-nuclear Japanese governor stepped down yesterday after a magazine alleged he paid university students for sex, a resignation…

XIAN, China: China has a found a novel way to tackle its massive air pollution problem: Putting up a giant…

PHILADELPHIA: Southwest Airlines Co will speed up inspections of all related engines out of extra caution, the airline said, after a…

HERAT, Afghanistan: Gunmen have attacked a voter registration centre in Afghanistan, kidnapping five people, including three election employees, and destroying…

SEOUL: South Korea is seeking to open discussions about formally declaring an end to the war with the nuclear-armed North…

DUBAI: A Dubai princess who announced in a video published in March she was fleeing the emirate has since been…