South Africa’s scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma easily survived a no-confidence vote in parliament yesterday as ruling African National Congress (ANC) lawmakers ignored calls from opposition parties to vote him out of office.

A teenage football fan commuting to work was among at least seven people killed in Britain’s worst tram tragedy in a century.

A special court in Dhaka yesterday fixed November 24 for hearing the statement of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in her defence in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been elected chairperson of the International Jury Board of Unesco-Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jabar al-Sabah prize for digital empowerment of persons with disabilities.

Pakistan yesterday said it “welcomed” the US president-elect Donald Trump’s offer to mediate between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir dispute.

“I’ve called this place home. Now, they have asked me to leave,” said the famed green-eyed Afghan woman who once epitomised the plight of refugees while resting on a hospital bed in Peshawar.

Many government officials and private citizens found the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr questionable but as far as President Rodrigo Duterte is concerned, there is nothing puzzling about the incident.

A Philippine law enforcement agency filed bribery, graft and drug-related complaints against a senator and former minister yesterday, in the first step towards prosecuting the biggest critic of president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

Haiti has launched a massive cholera vaccination campaign to battle a flare-up after Hurricane Matthew, but concerns remain about the capacity for longer-term improvements to water and sanitation infrastructure needed to eradicate the disease.

India's top court ordered authorities in northern Punjab state Thursday to share river water supplies with a neighbouring state, triggering a spate of resignations by angry lawmakers.

Rubik's Cube, a multicoloured three-dimensional puzzle, lost a trademark battle on Thursday after Europe's top court said its shape was not sufficient to grant it protection against copycats.

US Internet giant Google on Thursday rejected EU allegations that it abused its market dominance of its hugely successful Android mobile phone operating system.