KATHMANDU: It was around 5 a.m. in Kathmandu on Friday when Prime Minister Balendra Shah stepped up to the General Assembly rostrum in New York. He was in his usual element: black dhaka topi and dark ...

A former 15th General Election (GE15) candidate has been detained for allegedly pushing a 79-year-old woman into a drain in ...

KUCHING: The Kuching Marathon, scheduled for this Sunday (Sept 27), has been cancelled due to the prevailing haze situation ...

ONE of the core tenets of public transportation is reliability; without it, the daily commute becomes a gamble. While most ...

A two-storey building partially ⁠collapsed in central Athens on ‌Friday after an explosion, the Greek fire brigade said, with ...

VIENTIANE: Lao migrant workers sent home an estimated 500 million U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2026, up 36.6 ...

GOLD prices eased on Friday and were set to post a weekly loss, pressured by a stronger dollar and growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates elevated to contain inflation.

A dramatic last-gasp goal ⁠for the Netherlands on Thursday announced the arrival of a third generation from a family ⁠of internationals, as Ruben van Bommel made an impactful debut in the Nations ...

A son ⁠of political refugees who fled Russia for France, swimmer Michel Arkhangelskiy, ⁠travelled a long road to finally ...

BENGALURU: This year's powerful El Nino and the record global heat it's driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and ...

JAKARTA: Authorities have identified one of eight missing people from a boat carrying journalists covering the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java.

SEOUL: Major highways across South Korea were heavily congested Friday morning as travellers headed out for the Chuseok ...