BEIJING: Eleven people died after a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China, state media reported yesterday, with more than 40…

LOS ANGELES: The Dalai Lama launches three days of celebrations yesterday in California for his 80th birthday at what is…

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Saturday that his country is no longer a “companion in misfortune” of debt-wracked…

LAGOS: Nigeria’s army said on Saturday that scores of people had been killed in an attack by six suicide bombers…

Swiss pilot sets longest solar-powered flight record from Japan to Hawaii in round-the-globe quest KAPOLEI, United States: The Solar Impulse…

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan customs Friday seized its biggest haul of star tortoises and arrested a local man who was trying…

MANILA: Philippine police have filed murder charges against the owners and crew of a passenger ferry that capsized and left…

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: Born on May 2, Britain’s Princess Charlotte is due to be christened on Sunday at St Mary…