Tag: Geography of Asia

The Red Cross on Saturday called for the unconditional release of two staff members who were abducted when their convoy ...

A California university's decision to have the Dalai Lama speak at this year's commencement ceremony has sparked uproar among Chinese ...

In the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in Syria's Idlib, nine-year-old Abdel Basset Al-Satuf tries to sit up, his ...

The streets of Dubai may be known for architectural superlatives like Burj Khalifa, the highest of the world's high-rises, and ...

A Philippine lawyer who specialised in investigating crimes against the environment has been ambushed and shot dead, police said Friday. ...

Pakistan launched a nationwide security crackdown Friday, officials said, after a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine, killing at ...

As Bangladesh's only known woman rickshaw wallah, Mosammat Jasmine may be a feminist icon but to the passengers she cycles ...

Malaysian government scientists were on Friday examining samples from the autopsy of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, after the ...

Thousands of Mongolian herders face disastrous livestock losses from a dreaded severe weather phenomenon known as the "dzud", the Red ...

Google's venture to beam the internet to remote areas of the world via balloon has hit a legal snag in ...

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has postponed a medical tourism campaign visit to Egypt following his side's 4-0 defeat against Paris ...

Malaysian police investigating the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader reportedly said Thursday they have detained a second ...

A suspect in the killing of the half-brother of North Korea's leader was due to appear in court Thursday, as ...

The United Arab Emirates' ambassador to Afghanistan has died of wounds sustained in a January 10 bombing in Kandahar that ...

Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi, centre, has died of wounds sustained in the Kandahar attack The ambassador of the United Arab ...

Eight people were killed in a knife attack on a crowd in China's restive Xinjiang region, including three assailants who ...

China is beginning to export its own weapon designs, including armed drones, worldwide and is reaching 'near-parity' with the West ...

Valentine's Day returned Tuesday to the eastern sector of the Iraqi city of Mosul from where the Islamic State group ...

Superheroes from Hollywood's Marvel studios are among the characters set to wow thousands of curious Saudis at the Islamic kingdom's ...

China is beginning to export its own weapon designs, including armed drones, worldwide and is reaching "near-parity" with the West ...