SEOUL: South Korea yesterday labelled North Korea’s test firing of four short-range missiles a calculated, provocative act timed to coincide…

BANGKOK: A senior Thai minister rejected a proposal for talks from the leader of an anti-government protest movement yesterday as…

BEIJING: Chinese police have detained 1,094 people and rescued 382 infants in a nationwide crackdown on four online baby trafficking…

NANJING, China: The skulls, bones, and names of thousands of dead at the Nanjing massacre memorial stand as a stark…

HONG KONG: The condition of the former editor of a Hong Kong newspaper severely wounded in a savage attack was…

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama branded the plight of minority youths in America an ‘outrage’ Thursday as he launched a program…

BEIRUT: Syria’s army is preparing an assault on a key rebel bastion near Damascus, a pro-regime newspaper said Thursday, as…

BAGHDAD: Bombings in a Shiite-majority area of Baghdad and other attacks killed 37 people on Thursday, as Prime Minister Nuri…