A total of 247 workers were underground at the time of the blast, which occurred at 7:29 pm (1129 GMT) on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province, according to state news agency Xinhua.

Malaysia has ordered TikTok to take immediate steps to improve how it regulates harmful content following the circulation of posts deemed “grossly offensive” to the country’s royals, the communications regulator said yesterday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari yesterday announced the implementation of a mechanism under which infiltrators detained by state police would be handed over directly to the BSF for deportation, while unveiling what he described as part of a broader ‘’detect, delete and deport’’ framework.

Xi Jinping said the world was at risk of regressing into the “law of the jungle” and hailed the China-Russia relationship as a stabilising global force as he hosted Vladimir Putin in Beijing yesterday, just days after hosting Donald Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin set off to Beijing yesterday for talks with his Chinese counterpart and his “long-time good friend” Xi Jinping, intending to show their ties are unshakeable days after a visit by Donald Trump.

Peace mediator Pakistan has shared with the United States a revised proposal from Iran to end the war in the Middle East, a Pakistani source told Reuters yesterday, warning that the sides “don’t have much time” to narrow their differences.

Four years after Imran Khan’s ouster as prime minister of Pakistan, a leaked classified diplomatic cable published by US‑based investigative agency Drop Site now points to possible US involvement.

Over 7,000 people evacuated as rescue efforts continue

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung says China is raising regional 'risks'

Reuters ⁠could not immediately ⁠verify ​the ​report

Move part of 90-day fuel-saving drive amid Middle East war

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that talks earlier with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had been "extremely positive" while addressing a banquet on the first full day of a closely watched summit in Beijing

A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year.

Three pastors were gunned down yesterday in India’s restive northeastern Manipur state, police and officials said, the latest flare-up in a region gripped by ethnic conflict.

Senator says attacked by protesters

The chief secretary has been asked to complete the procedures within the next 45 days

A Turkish Airlines plane carrying 277 passengers and 11 crew members caught fire while landing at Kathmandu airport Monday, but no one was hurt in the accident.

Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released early from prison on Monday, raising the prospect of a return to the spotlight for the political heavyweight

President Donald Trump will visit China from May 13 to 15, Beijing confirmed on Monday, with the US leader expected to discuss Iran and trade with his Chinese counterpart

Militants detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on police, killing at least 15 and wounding three, officials said yesterday.