OSAKA: A large and powerful typhoon lashed Shikoku Island and parts of the Kinki region in western Japan early today,…

LONDON: A whistleblower in Britain’s phone-hacking scandal, former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare, was found dead at his…

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Cooperation between Sarawak and Brunei in five key areas – energy, agriculture, telecommunications, manpower exchange and tourism…

KATHMANDU: Monsoon rains triggered landslides that have buried parts of two remote villages in Nepal killing six people. At least…

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft yesterday introduced a hacking alert system to its Windows Live Hotmail email service alongside banning common passwords.

SEOUL: Coca-Cola and KFC will open outlets in communist North later this year, South Korean media reported.

MELBOURNE: Eight Malaysian tourists have been injured after the van they were in rolled into a drain there.

SYDNEY: Australian authorities today demanded a report on security at Sydney’s troubled Villawood immigration detention centre after a group of…