Seoul (IANS) North Korea on Friday fired unidentified short-range projectiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said, the third such launch in about a week.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the projectiles were fired at 2.59…
Islamabad (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan might have brought down the price of the staple flat breads for his countrymen but he has approved the recommendation of the Oil and Gas Development Authority (OGRA) to increase petrol prices…
Bangkok (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi met on Thursday here amid an unending trade war between the world's two most powerful economies.
Pompeo and Wang sounded calm with conciliatory remarks…
Bangkok (IANS) The Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) began a summit in the Thai capital on Wednesday, where they will discuss the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea and…
Colombo (IANS) Sri Lanka will begin to waive its existing visa fee for travellers from 48 countries including India and China from August 1 as part of efforts to attract more tourists to the country, officials said on Wednesday.
In a media…
Rawalpindi (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 13 injured on Tuesday when a Pakistan Army training aircraft crashed into a residential area near Rawalpindi city.
Five crew members, including two pilots, and 13 civilians were…
Lahore (IANS) Four Anti-Corruption Bureau officials on Tuesday questioned for an hour Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in connection with the Pakpatan land allotment case.
Showing him the land records,…
New Delhi (IANS) Sri Lanka is known to be unhappy with the funds allocated to it by India in its latest Budget, which when compared to that allocated for other close neighbours and even Indian Ocean Region countries, is small.
While Sri Lanka…
San Francisco (IANS) Using an email address and password mistakenly exposed on the Internet, a hacker gained access to the internal files of US-based cyber security company Comodo, bringing the credibility of the company under question.
The…
Manila (IANS) At least eight persons were killed and around 60 injured in the Philippines after a series of earthquakes struck the northern Batanes islands in the early hours of Saturday, authorities said.
Authorities warned the people to stay…