4-hour surgery to mend Kerry's broken leg

Globe-trotting US diplomat John Kerry on Tuesday underwent successful surgery to mend a broken leg, and his doctor hopes to get him
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Helmut Kohl 'doing well' after surgeries

Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl is doing "well under the circumstances" after undergoing two operations, his office said Tuesday,
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

CERN's Large Hadron Collider turns on 'data tap'

Scientists yesterday hailed a "new era" in their quest to unravel more mysteries of the universe as the world's biggest particle smasher
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Hope fades for 400 missing

Rescuers yesterday started cutting through the hull of a capsized Chinese cruise ship, state media said, in a desperate effort to find
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Fight may last 'generation': US

The Islamic State group is a "global threat" which will take a generation or more to defeat, Washington's envoy for the US-led coalition
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Libya blocks UN action on EU migrant plan

Libya's ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that his government is refusing to give its consent for UN action aimed at
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

MH370 search will not be expanded further

The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will not be expanded beyond its current search area unless there are specific new
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Israel risks losing credibility over Palestine stance: Obama

US President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that Israel risks losing "credibility" over Prime Minister Benjamin
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Aquino likens China to Nazi Germany

Philippine President Benigno Aquino yesterday likened present-day China to Nazi Germany during a speech in Japan, hinting the world
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Japan mulls toilets in elevators!

Japan is looking at installing toilets in elevators and providing an emergency supply of drinking water for people trapped by the nation's
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Wars in Pakistan, Afghanistan kills 150,000: study

The wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan have left nearly 150,000 soldiers and civilians dead since 2001, a new US study estimates.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Myanmar jails writer for 'insulting religion'

Myanmar on Tuesday jailed a writer for two years with hard labour for "insulting religion", his lawyer said, with rights groups condemning
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

MERS outbreak closes schools in South Korea

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday urged officials to ease rising public panic over an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Most Brits want to stay in EU: poll

An overwhelming majority of young Brits want to remain within the EU, a new poll showed Tuesday, adding that as the euro crisis fades
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Taslima Nasreen flees to US after death threats

Award winning Bangladeshi writer and human rights activist Taslima Nasreen flees from India to the US after she was named as an al-Qaeda murder target
3 June 2015, 15:47 PM

Solar Impulse: Plane damaged after landing in Japan

A solar-powered plane that is attempting a record-breaking flight around the world has been damaged after making an unscheduled stop in Japan.
3 June 2015, 15:10 PM

Godzilla finally gets citizenship in Japan

Most residents of Tokyo's pulsing Shinjuku ward, home to the busiest railway station in the world, are of the Homo sapiens variety.
3 June 2015, 14:39 PM

Carbon dating reveals 2,000-year-old pearl

Archaeologists have said that a natural pearl unearthed in a remote part of Western Australia is more than 2,000 years old.
3 June 2015, 13:54 PM

Delhi slaps 15-day ban on Maggi

Delhi government bans sale of Maggi noodles for 15 days after it found lead and monosodium glutamate in the eatable beyond permissible limit.
3 June 2015, 12:53 PM

Large Hadron Collider turns on 'data tap'

The Large Hadron Collider has re-started scientific investigations after a two-year pause.
3 June 2015, 11:49 AM