BEIJING: A Chinese activist who has spent nearly half his life in detention has been freed from prison, reports said…

MANILA: Washington has a treaty obligation to come to the assistance of the Philippines in case of an attack on…

MANILA: The family of a senior Italian diplomat detained in the Philippines for alleged child abuse insisted yesterday he was…

BANGKOK: At least 14 people were killed yesterday when a truck carrying local villagers crashed in a mountainous region of…

SEOUL: A probe into South Korea’s ferry disaster has heard that warnings over the ship’s seaworthiness were ignored, prosecutors said…

WENZHOU, China: The destruction of a towering church by Chinese authorities has sown fear in a thriving Christian community and…

WASHINGTON: Egypt’s military-installed leaders must prove they are serious about bringing democracy to the world’s largest Arab nation, US Secretary…

AHMEDABAD, India: Frontrunner for prime minister Narendra Modi declared an end to India’s ‘mother-son government’ as he voted Wednesday in…