Death toll crosses 2,000

India's brutal weeks-long heatwave has killed more than 2,000 people, authorities said yesterday, as day temperatures decreased at
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Death toll crosses 2,000

India's brutal weeks-long heatwave has killed more than 2,000 people, authorities said yesterday, as day temperatures decreased at
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Russia blacklists 89 EU officials

European politicians who discovered they were on a previously confidential Russian travel blacklist yesterday said they were proud of
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM

4,200 more rescued, 17 found dead

The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue of about 4,200 migrants sailing across the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, but also
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Pak gunmen storm buses; 21 killed

Unidentified gunmen stormed two passenger coaches in southwest Pakistan and killed at least 21 people, officials said yesterday.
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM

7.8 quake shakes Japan

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast yesterday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car
30 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Powerful 7.8-magnitude quake shakes Japan

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast, shaking buildings in Tokyo, an AFP correspondent reports.
30 May 2015, 13:15 PM

UN chief conveys condolences over Bangladeshi peacekeeper’s death

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon criticises the Bamako shooting in Mali that left a Bangladeshi peacekeeper killed and another injured.
30 May 2015, 10:32 AM

Oxford University first female head

Oxford University is set to have a female head for the first time in its history, with the nomination of Louise Richardson as vice chancellor.
30 May 2015, 06:38 AM

California to fight drought turning sea water into drinking water

Californians are about to get their water from a new source - the Pacific Ocean, as Governor Jerry Brown’s new plan to save the state is set to launch next year.
30 May 2015, 05:28 AM

Balochistan gunmen kill 19

Gunmen in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province attack two buses, killing at least 19 passengers, officials say whilst the number of passengers abducted from on board remains unclear.
30 May 2015, 03:59 AM

Child sacrifice in India!

A suspected occultist beheaded a five-year-old boy in a ritual sacrifice in northeastern India before being lynched by angry villagers,
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

India seizes pigeon over spying fears

Indian police said Friday they have detained a pigeon that flew into a village near the heavily militarised border with Pakistan on suspicion
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

The balancing fishermen of Burma

These Burmese fishermen have mastered an unusual technique when it comes to paddling their boats.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Suu Kyi sidesteps eyeing political gains

Aung San Suu Kyi was once an unassailable champion of Myanmar's powerless. But the opposition leader's refusal to speak up for a
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Hopes for migrants after sea ordeal

Images of the starving, desperate migrants pleading for help from their green wooden boat off Thailand caused shockwaves and focused
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Germany open to reforms to keep UK in EU

Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday vowed Germany would play a "constructive" role to help keep Britain in the EU and work with Prime
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

China has artillery in South China Sea: US

The United States yesterday said that China had placed mobile artillery weapons systems on a reclaimed island in the disputed South
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Cuba off from US terror list

The United States removed Cuba from its blacklist as a state sponsor of terrorism yesterday, in a landmark move aimed at paving the way towards normalizing ties frozen for half a century.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM

ISIS seizes key airport in Libya

The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a Tripoli-based Libyan government
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM