October2018

Hong Kong stocks opened with gains on Monday morning after China’s central bank cut the number of cash lenders must keep in reserve in a bid to support the stuttering economy. The Hang Seng Index added...

China said on Sunday it was investigating Meng Hongwei for suspected wrongdoing after the head of the global law enforcement organization Interpol and Chinese vice minister for security was reported missing in France. The statement by...

A painting by mysterious British artist Banksy shred itself into pieces at the moment it sold for more than 1 million pounds at a London auction on Friday. Onlookers gasped and laughed after the bottom half...

Twelve Thai boys and their football coach, who were dramatically rescued from a flooded cave in July, enjoyed a high-profile kickabout on Sunday, playing a game at River Plate’s iconic Monumental stadium. The team, known as...

Oil giant Saudi Arabia is seeking to block adoption of a key UN climate change report unless a passage highlighting the inadequacy of national carbon-cutting pledges is removed or altered, multiple sources told AFP. Already in...

As many as 5,000 people are believed missing from the quake and tsunami that struck Palu city in Indonesia, an official said Sunday, an indication that far more may have perished in the twin disaster than...

Iran faces losing 70 percent of its farmlands if urgent action is not taken to overcome a litany of climate woes, the country’s environment chief Isa Kalantari told AFP. The Islamic Republic is grappling not only...

India’s popular Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji hopes to win hearts in China with the release of her comeback film Hichki there on Oct. 12. The film, which was launched in India earlier this year, has already...

The Bangladesh U-18 national women’s football team made the nation proud as they won coveted title of maiden SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship beating Nepal by 1-0 goal in the final held on Sunday at Changlimithang Stadium...

The foreign ministry today said Myanmar overnight amended partially its newly drawn map tending to show Bangladesh’s St. Martin’s Island as part of their territory. “They kept the map colours unchanged but removed the population related...