WAFIDEEN CHECKPOINT, Syria: Syrian and Russian forces kept up military pressure on rebel-held Eastern Ghouta as their controversial unilateral truce…

HONG KONG: A fugitive wanted by Indian police for crimes ranging from a jailbreak to financing terrorism was denied bail in…

LONGXIAN: Villagers in northern China wake up before dawn to paint their faces with pinkish make-up, don colourful robes…

TOKYO: Japan’s jobless rate stood at 2.4 percent in January, the lowest in nearly 25 years, official data showed Friday,…

BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party’s annual legislative session will count more than 150 “super rich” members whose total net worth…

MAJALAYA: The scabies on Indonesian rice farmer Yusuf Supriyadi’s limbs are a daily reminder of the costs of living…

LONGYEARBYEN: Designed to withstand a nuclear missile hit, the world’s biggest seed vault, nestled deep inside an Arctic mountain,…

BARCELONA: Mobile phones are helping transform how relief agencies respond to humanitarian crises by enabling them to pin point where…