WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared America has turned the page on years of war and economic hardship, in…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested and released by police yesterday after turning himself in,…

PHNOM PENH: A witness told Cambodia’s UN-backed court yesterday that Khmer Rouge soldiers slit prisoners’ throats and ate their gall…

YANGON: Myanmar’s president has called on parliament to rethink aspects of a new education bill in the face of renewed…

SHANGHAI: Four local officials in Shanghai have been sacked over a New Year’s Eve crush on the waterfront Bund that…

KINSHASA: Gunshots were heard yesterday as police cracked down on a new student demonstration at Kinshasa’s university following two days…

KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram has claimed a massive attack feared to be the worst in its six-year insurgency and threatened…

HAVANA: Cuba hosted the most senior US official to visit the island in 35 years yesterday for two days of…