New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday defended his decision to abolish high denomination bank notes that has left the economy reeling,...
Vienna: Austria's parliament said on Tuesday that a Turkish hackers' group had claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that brought down its...
Paris: A magistrate has ordered former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial over irregularities in the funding of his failed 2012 re-election...
Seoul: South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a former top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges of abuse of...
Taichung (Taiwan): Taiwan plans to build 66 jet trainer aircraft, with a scheduled maiden flight by 2020, to bolster defences against China which has never...
Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday corrupt police will be sent to a violence-racked stronghold of militants or they should quit,...
Manila: Peace talks between the Philippine government and communist rebels to end nearly five decades of conflict are still possible even though the...
Beijing: China is proposing a further tightening of controls over the Internet with the possible establishment of a new commission to vet Internet services...
Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was left teetering on the brink of a minority government on Tuesday when a prominent lawmaker quit to...
Occupied Jerusalem: Israel passed a law on Monday retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the...