January2018

A suicide bombing has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials say. Attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint in a secure...

A woman has been killed in Dhaka after being run over by the car carrying the muggers who tried to snatch her purse. The incident was reported early morning Friday from the capital’s Dhanmondi, said police....

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, heavily criticised abroad for failing to stand up for largely stateless Rohingya Muslims, that she shouldn’t bother about rights activists as they are “just a...

Debutant pacer Shehan Madushanka’s late hat-trick after early double-strike by Dushmantha Chameera have fired Sri Lanka to a 79-run win over Bangladesh in the tri-nation series final. Rubel Hossain’s seventh four-for restricted Sri Lanka to 221...

The remaining directors of the US gymnastics governing body are resigning in the wake of this week’s sentencing of the former national team doctor for molesting female athletes, USA Gymnastics said on Friday, complying with a...

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was released from detention on Saturday, family sources said, more than two months after he was taken into custody in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption. His release came hours...