A blaze that ripped through a group of fireworks shops in the Philippines Wednesday killed a woman with another person missing and 24 others hurt, officials said.
Syrian government forces and their allies recaptured several towns and villages from rebels in the west of the country on Saturday, monitors and pro-Damascus media reported, reversing rare gains made by the insurgents in recent weeks.
Israeli tanks shelled the Gaza Strip after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit an open field on Thursday, the second such exchange of fire in two days, officials said.
Daniel Ricciardo led a Red Bull one-two as Lewis Hamilton's championship hopes went up in smoke at a dramatic, action-packed Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Islamabad has branded an address by India's foreign minister to the UN in which she accused Pakistan of terrorism in disputed Kashmir as a ‘litany of falsehoods’.
A Chinese aquarium holding a forlorn-looking polar bear named Pizza said yesterday that it has “no need” for foreign interference, after activists offered to move the animal to a British zoo.
Imran Khan is at it again, with or without allies. The chairman of the opposition Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) has unwittingly painted himself into a corner, again. Or is there a method to the madness?
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton yesterday said she regretted saying “half” of Republican rival Donald Trump’s supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables,” but made no apologies for calling out “prejudice and paranoia” among Trump’s campaign and supporters.
The WHO expects that, from 2010 to 2020, deaths from NCDs will grow by 15%, with the majority occurring in low- and middle- income countries
Urjit Patel took over from Raghuram Rajan at the helm of the Reserve Bank of India, where he will oversee the transition to an interest-rate setting panel guided by an inflation target.
The first group of Qatar pilgrims arrived in Makkah yesterday via land with the rest set to arrive by Monday via air transport.
Messi had stunned the footballing world in June by announcing his retirement from international football following an agonising defeat to Chile in the final of the Copa America Centenario
