SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday reported a new case of the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, after…

WASHINGTON: The science of climate change divides the United States along political lines, but ideology matters little when it comes…

Witnesses describe people fleeing the disaster zone covered in blood with their clothes alight MEDAN, Indonesia: The death toll from…

HONG KONG: Tens of thousands joined a pro-democracy march on the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China yesterday in…

TOKYO: A woman killed when a pensioner deliberately set himself on fire aboard a moving bullet train in Japan was…

MAHACHAI, Thailand: A belated Thai clampdown on illegal fishing is forcing unlicensed vessels ashore, threatening to paralyse the key industry…

SYDNEY: An Australian man has died after stepping on a landmine in Syria while fighting for Kurdish forces against the…

KOLKATA: Landslides triggered by heavy rain killed at least 21 people across India’s famed tea-growing region of Darjeeling, with more…