COLOMBO: Polling was under way in Sri Lanka yesterday to elect local councils in what is seen as a crucial…

WASHINGTON: A brief US government shutdown ended on Friday after Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law a…

TAIPEI: The toll from a deadly 6.4-magnitude quake in Taiwan rose to 14 yesterday as rescuers searching for a missing…

SEOUL: South Korea’s president held landmark talks with the North’s ceremonial head of state and the sister of its leader…

CHICAGO: A winter storm brought heavy snowfall to parts of the US Midwest on Friday, causing 1,500 flight cancelations, snarling…

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s main opposition was embroiled in a power struggle over who is in charge of the party months before…

JERUSALEM: Israel struck a dozen Syrian and Iranian targets inside Syria yesterday in ‘large-scale’ raids after an Israeli fighter jet…

PYEONGCHANG: The Tongan flag-bearer’s secret has been revealed: it was coconut oil that kept him warm when he paraded…