Tag: Geography of Asia

Russia's army on Saturday dismissed a French claim that Raqa, the Islamic State's stronghold in Syria, was surrounded by troops ...

Eleven wild elephants, including a baby, were rescued from a mud-filled bomb crater in Cambodia on Saturday after languishing in ...

At least 16 civilians were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in an air strike on a rebel-held area outside ...

A Lebanese university will pay $700,000 to settle a US lawsuit over allegations it provided "material support" to entities linked ...

Israel has ignored a United Nations resolution demanding it halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territory that was criticized ...

An 18-year-old Bahraini died Friday, nearly two months after he was shot in the head near a top opposition cleric's ...

Hong Kong on Friday charged a ship's captain over the transport of nine Singapore armoured troop carriers without a proper ...

Caretaker Deepak Shrestha padlocked shut the quake-ravaged remains of the Trailokya Mohan Narayan temple in Nepal's capital Kathmandu to keep ...

China is not militarising the disputed South China Sea, the country's premier insisted in Australia on Friday, claiming defence equipment ...

From galloping horses to Indonesia's hero Husni Thamrin and a flame atop a tall tower, statues and monuments across the ...

Jerusalem - An Israeli policeman was caught on video on Thursday physically assaulting a Palestinian in the occupied East Jerusalem ...

Omar Khribin moved Syria closer to a place at Russia 2018 on Thursday with the winning goal in their qualifying ...

More than 400,000 Afghan children are expected to drop out of school this year in the face of growing insecurity ...

UN-backed Syria peace talks resumed in Geneva on Thursday, with little hope of a breakthrough and the emboldened regime seen ...

About 600,000 people remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the Islamic State group, including 400,000 who are ...

For years headquartered in dull but convenient shopping malls, Tokyo Fashion Week has always been a poor cousin to the ...

Syrian rivals were to resume UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva on Thursday, with escalating violence and deadlock on key issues ...

Palestinian and Israeli football officials were involved in "heated" talks Wednesday as FIFA attempted to mediate complaints that Israeli clubs ...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued belated best wishes to those celebrating the Persian New Year. In a statement, ...

Music fans in conservative Afghanistan Wednesday hailed the groundbreaking finale of a popular television singing competition, in which the first ...