BHARATPUR, India: More than five years after a horrific rape sparked promises to empower women in India and reform the handling…

SYDNEY: The Pacific island of Nauru, where hundreds of asylum-seekers are held in a processing camp, has abolished its links…

MANILA: The Philippines yesterday began a manual recount of votes in a vice presidential election after the son and namesake of…

JOHANNESBURG: -Winnie Mandela, the ex-wife of South African anti-apartheid fighter and former president Nelson Mandela, died on Monday at the…

SAN JOSE: Costa Rica’s President-elect Carlos Alvarado Quesada ran up a bigger-than-expected margin of victory in Sunday’s runoff election, leading…

KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and two surrounding villages near the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri…

SINGAPORE: Singapore activists yesterday criticised a parliamentary committee which is examining possible legislation to combat ‘fake news’, saying it had…

SINGAPORE: A ministerial committee set up to examine the future of a house that is at the center of a…