JOHOR BAHRU/KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok has been thrust into the political spotlight after he was accused of funding the opposition in Malaysia in...

One of the major online video platforms in China, IQiyi, is going public in the United States, aiming to raise a total US$1.5 billion from...

An Egyptian court sentenced pop star Sherine to six months in prison on Tuesday for suggesting drinking from the Nile River leads to illness, although...

World number two Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Mexican Open on Tuesday, cutting short his comeback from an injury when his ailing right hip...

India’s manufacturing sector activity fell to a four-month low in February as factory output and new business orders rose at a slower pace, says a...

Russia has violated its duty to guarantee the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons and prevent the Assad government from using poison gas, the United States...

Asian stocks declined on the first trading day of the month after finishing February with losses. Declines in the region also tracked sharp losses seen...

Castro, nicknamed 'Quini', scored 54 league goals in 100 games for Barca and won two Copas del Rey (1981, 1983), as well as the UEFA...

The EU has proposed a "common regulatory area" on the island of Ireland if solutions cannot be found for the post-Brexit border.Unveiling a draft legal...

Babies, dogs and artificial intelligence, Alphabet Inc’s Google is betting this combination proves irresistible with the launch of Google Clips, a pocket-sized digital camera that...

To have the US preferential trade benefits or GSP status restored, Bangladesh needs to make progress in workers safety, freedom of association, and protection of...

SYDNEY: New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has raised concerns about "strategic anxiety" in the Pacific - a veiled reference to China's growing influence among...

A passenger was burned when her cell phone caught fire onboard a Canadian domestic flight on Thursday morning, officials said.The incident occurred at 7am (1200...

Seven suspected Colom-bian paramilitaries were killed in a confrontation with Venezuelan security forces in Tachira state on the border, an official said Wednesday. The incident in...

Samsung Electronics received over 30 awards at Mobile World Congress 2018, including “Best New Connected Device” at the annual Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO Awards) for...

PHNOM PENH: The eldest son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has assumed a position as joint chief of staff of Cambodia's Armed Forces, the...

The ubiquitous coffee chain has opened its first Reserve store on the main floor of the Starbucks’ headquarters in Seattle – and it’s quite robust.According...

The only civilians to leave Eastern Ghouta this week were a septuagenarian Pakistani man who moved to Syria 44 years ago and his wife, according...

While 95 percent of the chain’s restaurants in the UK are back up and running, some of them are serving a limited menu and the...

Jennifer Lawrence was widely blamed by fans for actor Chris Pratt's split from wife Anna Faris. But Lawrence says she was never in a relationship...

The iPhone X and Google Pixel 2 XL have had some of the best smartphone cameras to date, but there’s a new winner launching soon.According...

Yang Yuanqing does not look like your typical “techie.” He tends to wear sober, charcoal-colored suits, blue shirts and soft pastel-shaded ties. In appearance, he...

Monaco: Former India captain Kapil Dev wants Hardik Pandya to “work harder on his batting” as that is his primary skill as an all-rounder.Pandya, after...

outh Korea plans to send a special envoy to North Korea in response to an invitation from leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean President Moon...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday launched what appeared to be the start of a new arms race with Washington, as he boasted of a...

Amy Holmes and Michael Gerson will co-host "In Principle," which PBS says will be a conservative-oriented talk show.PBS, the public television network long accused of...

China is ready to build larger aircraft carriers having mastered the technical ability to do so, a major state-run newspaper said Friday ahead of the...

New York:  US retail giant Walmart announced Wednesday that it was raising to 21 its minimum age to buy firearms and ammunition, the latest US...

Spinner Nathan Lyon turned the first Test Australia’s way and fast bowler Mitchell Starc rammed home the advantage to leave South Africa 162 all out...

In the wake of the Rs 12,600 crore fraud on state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) by accused diamantaire Nirav Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said...

Though the OnePlus 5 was upgraded in only about half a year with the OnePlus 5T, we’re already on the verge of getting another successor.However,...

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday consolidated its position in the country’s northeast after a landslide election victory in Tripura, ending 25 years...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh’s position has improved in the world corruption index as the government took various steps to eliminate corruption.“After...

Federal investigators are looking into whether Jared Kushner’s business talks with foreigners, as his father-in-law Donald Trump assumed the US presidency, later influenced White House...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to form her fourth government after the opposition Social Democrats voted in favor of another grand coalition.The vote by...

Mohamed Salah’s 32nd goal of a remarkable season helped lift Liverpool into second place in the Premier League after a 2-0 victory on Saturday at...

Some 2,500 workers at GM Korea's doomed plant in Gunsan and two others have accepted an early retirement package, the carmaker said.An industry insider said...

LG on Sunday released its new budget smartphone for under W300,000(US$1=W1,080).The X4 features a simple design without a home button on the front or a...

Italians are voting after a divisive campaign dominated by concerns over immigration and the economy. Correspondents say it is hard to say who will come...

Lionel Messi proved the difference again, his bending first-half strike worthy of winning any contest and taking his own career tally to an astonishing 600...

In one of the most fundamental changes to soccer’s 155-year-old rules, FIFA approved video review on Saturday and cleared the way to use it at...

MEDAN: Villagers in a remote Indonesian community disembowelled a critically endangered Sumatran tiger and then hung the big cat from a ceiling after it attacked...

An autopsy into the death of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori will be carried out on Tuesday while his funeral will be held in Florence two...

Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate voted on Monday to generally exclude classroom teachers from a plan to allow school staff to carry firearms as part of a...

It has been nearly three years since two of the greatest players in the history of Sri Lankan cricket -- Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene...

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday (Mar 5) that Saudi Arabia had granted Air India permission to fly over its territory...

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un met senior South Korean government officials for the first time and said it is his “firm will to vigorously...

BEIJING: Chinese state media on Tuesday (Mar 6) defended the country's 8.1 per cent budgeted increase in military spending for this year as proportionate and...

In response to a deadly Florida school shooting last month, the state’s Senate narrowly passed a bill Monday that would create new restrictions on rifle...

China has expressed a strong desire in opening up and setting up a new economic system, as the latest Government Work Report has given a...

Ronaldo had scored twice -- including his 100th goal for Real in the competition -- as they won 3-1 in the first leg in Spain...

Swedish luxury car company Volvo Auto India (VAI) said that its new Volvo XC40 small SUV has been named the 2018 European Car of the...

The number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexican forests declined for a second consecutive year, a government official said Monday.Alejandro Del Mazo, Mexico’s commissioner for...

Sri Lankan police commandos patrol the streets of Pallekele, a suburb of Kandy, on Tuesday following anti-Muslim riots that have prompted the government to declare...

ON TUESDAY, the Sri Lankan government imposed a state of emergency for ten days following communal violence in Kandy. But at the R Premadasa Stadium...

While the Redmi Note 5 Pro is scheduled to go on sale today at 12 pm, Xiaomi has now announced that it is halting the...

The Hollywood-born "Me Too" movement against sexual harassment has had the paradoxical effect that many working women now find themselves isolated in the office as...

The government's emergency committee Cobra is to be updated on the police probe into the suspected poisoning of a former Russian double agent. Sergei Skripal,...

KUALA LUMPUR: ''Something better is coming." That is the tagline Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition is using to try and wrest back Selangor in the...

New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor’s health would not be risked for the series-deciding one day international on Saturday as the team looks ahead to two...

South Africa coach Ottis Gibson says the team will not let off-field drama distract them from their cricket in the second test against Australia that...

BEIJING: A trade war with the US will benefit no one, China warned Thursday (Mar 8), adding it was prepared to give as good as...

The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday, which has...

More than 131 years after being thrown overboard, the world's oldest message in a bottle has washed up on a beach in western Australia. The...

China said on Sunday that it did not want a trade war with the US but would not sit idly by and allow its interests...

It's a reunion of sorts for Anjan Dutt and Raima Sen, who are set to work together again in 'Finally Bhalobasa, 12 years after they...

During most of his three-plus years of coaching Bangladesh, Chandika Hathurusingha was the centre of all discussions both positive and negative.There were more than a...

A documentary short film titled 'A pair of Sandal' from Bangladesh, directed by independent filmmaker and freelancer journalist Josim Ahmed, has been selected to Germany's...

Washington: The United States formally concluded Tuesday that North Korea ordered the murder of a half-brother and potential rival to ruler Kim Jong-Un with the...

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday approved India’s proposal to release elderly and juvenile prisoners on humanitarian grounds.Foreign minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif, after consulting with all the...

A fired-up Kagiso Rabada roared through Australia — stoking the animosity between the teams on the way — as South Africa bowled the tourists out...

 The head of the state-run Korea Development Bank on Thursday ruled out a bailout for ailing GM Korea without substantial investment from GM headquarters.The government...

A dominant all-round performance by Chandigarh Chandnees helped them secure a convincing 41-run win over Madhya Pradesh Magicians in the final of the inaugural Optimum...

Humans soundly thrashed a pair of robots in a game of curling in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province on Thursday.It was the first-ever match between humans and...

Tunisian women led a march by more than 1,000 demonstrators Saturday, including men, to demand equal inheritance rights for both sexes in the North African...

We’ve talked about how high-tech smart glasses can give blind people the ability to see, and it’s really amazing to see the kind of technology...

Donald Trump will make his Latin America debut next month, visiting Peru and Colombia after harsh rhetoric towards Hispanic migrants and neighbors to the south.Trump...

If space is the final frontier, black holes are the proverbial Bermuda Triangle.You shouldn’t go there, it’s surrounded by legend and theories, and ready to...

After a prolonged wait, the Mumbai T20 League is finally starting at Wankhede stadium from Sunday. The League which had been planned from many years,...

Former top aide of U.S. President Donald Trump Steve Bannon told the French far right on Saturday that “history is on our side” as he...