MANILA: Philippine police have arrested a suspected Islamist militant who allegedly helped guard a group of tourists kidnapped in 2001 including…

HANOI: Vietnam has arrested a senior police official in charge of tackling illegal online betting after he was accused of…

KATHMANDU: A Bangladeshi airliner crashed yesterday after making an unexpected turn in cloudy weather as it came in to land…

TEHRAN: Eleven women were killed when a private plane crashed in Iran while flying the daughter of a prominent Turkish…

TOKYO: Termite exterminators working on a house renovation in the Japanese capital uncovered the bodies of several babies preserved in…

MOSCOW: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain was…

BEIRUT: Children are at more risk than ever in Syria’s devastating conflict, the United Nations said yesterday as the war…

MANILA: At least 44 pro-Islamic State militants were killed and 26 more were wounded when Philippine soldiers shelled positions held…