BEIJING: China’s army and air force began live-fire exercises Tuesday next to its border with Myanmar, local authorities said, following recent bilateral talks on security in the area. Myanmar’s northern

Private Second Class Travis King ran across the border from South Korea into the North in July last year North Korea expelled King in September and the US Army later

IAEA’s Grossi to visit Kursk nuclear plant Russia says Ukraine has attacked the site KURSK: UN nuclear agency chief Rafael Grossi will visit on Tuesday Russia’s Kursk nuclear power plant,

Paris commemorated the 80th anniversary of its liberation from German occupation during World War II with a series of tributes, military parades, and the ceremonial hoisting of the French flag

Amnesty International has called on Pakistani authorities to provide greater transparency on the nationwide internet slowdown and the use of monitoring and surveillance technologies. Internet speeds have witnes­sed a considerable

LONDON: Three people were stabbed during the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, with a 32-year-old woman suffering “life-threatening” injuries, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said.

ROME: The captain of the luxury superyacht which sank off Sicily last week is being investigated in a probe for potential manslaughter, reports said Monday. James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New

SEOUL: North Korea vowed Saturday to advance its nuclear capabilities, reacting to a report that the United States had revised its own nuclear strategic plan. The country will “bolster up

Feni: Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters Saturday from floods that inundated vast areas of the low-lying South Asian country, disaster officials said. The floods were triggered