SYDNEY: An Australian law requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging has received a boost after an international tribunal…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has recognised a second medical miracle attributed to the late Mother Teresa, clearing the path for…

Some 390 NLD reps, mostly newcomers with no experience, set to take their seats for the first time YANGON: Aung…

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia supported a US-backed draft resolution aimed at ramping up sanctions against the…

MUMBAI: A technician working for Air India has died after being sucked into a jet engine as the plane pushed…

MANILA: A new storm was threatening to dump heavy rain on the southern Philippines today, as people in northern farming…

SINGAPORE: A Singapore High Court judge yesterday ordered a blogger to pay the prime minister S$150,000 (US$106,172) in damages for…

WELLINGTON: New Zealand food safety regulator yesterday reassured consumers at home and abroad after a man admitted making threats to…