KOTA KINABALU: A large-scale demonstration of the nation’s defence forces’ strength would be held here on January 23. Defence Deputy…

BEIJING: Twenty-two people, including eight foreigners, have been confirmed dead after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the…

WASHINGTON: Hackers took over Twitter accounts of the New York Post and United Press International yesterday, writing bogus messages, including…

TAIPEI: A 32-year-old Taiwanese man has died after a three-day gaming binge at an Internet cafe in the island’s south,…

CAIRO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday pledged US$2.5 billion in humanitarian and development aid for the Middle East as…

MIAMI: Record-breaking temperatures scorched the planet last year, making 2014 the hottest in more than a century and raising new…

BEIJING: Two people have died of the H7N9 strain of avian flu in China’s eastern province of Fujian, state media…

HAVANA: Cuba and the United States will hold talks here next week on normalising their relations, China’s Xinhua news agency…