KATHMANDU: At least 12 Nepalese guides preparing routes up Mount Everest for commercial climbers were killed yesterday by an avalanche…

SAN FERNANDO, Philippines: Thousands of people flocked to rural fields in the Philippines yesterday to witness the gruesome spectacle of…

TEHRAN: The young Iranian man who escaped a hangman’s noose with just seconds to spare when his victim’s mother intervened…

TOKYO: Japan has decided to continue its whaling programme in the Pacific Ocean, reports said Friday, despite losing a United…

SLAVYANSK, Ukraine: Pro-Russian rebels kept their grip on seized government buildings in Ukraine yesterday, a day after Kiev struck a…

WASHINGTON: The hunt for potential life in outer space has taken a step forward — an international team of researchers…

JUBA: At least 20 people were killed and another 70 injured by gunmen posing as peaceful protestors who stormed a…

ALGIERS: Ailing incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika was poised to clinch a fourth presidential term despite chronic health problems and a sharp…