Three journalists — including the Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent — arrested in Iran were detained for security reasons, the country’s…

TOKYO: Japan’s government said Monday it was investigating a video posted online that appears to show a kidnapped Japanese man…

SAPE, Indonesia: Eight foreigners and five Indonesians were rescued Monday (Aug 18) two days after their tourist boat sank during…

WASHINGTON: A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Iran on Monday (Aug 18), the US Geological Survey (USGS) which monitors…

MiG-29 warplane blown out of the sky as Kiev and Moscow try to defuse tensions over fighting in region DONETSK,…

HONG KONG: Thousands protested in Hong Kong yesterday against plans by pro-democracy activists to paralyse the city centre with a…

HAEMI, South Korea: Pope Francis yesterday championed a ‘creative’ Catholicism in Asia that reflects the region’s diversity, and urged countries…

SEOUL: North Korea warned yesterday of a possible ‘merciless’ pre-emptive strike as it blasted an upcoming joint US-South Korean military…