NEW DELHI, India - Twelve people, including seven of a family, were killed and seven others injured early Monday after a bus carrying them collided head-on with another in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, police said. Â Â Â The accident took place near Digapahandi in Ganjam district, about...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, -- Police in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province have arrested 93 people on charge of involvement in criminal activities over the past month, deputy head of the provincial police department Mawlawi Tahir Mabariz said Monday. Addressing a press conference, the official...
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines and the World Bank (WB) on Monday signed several loan agreements amounting to 1.14 billion U.S. dollars to finance various government initiatives aimed at accelerating economic recovery. Philippine Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno and World Bank Country...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - At least 14 people were killed and six others injured in rain-related accidents in different areas of Pakistan during the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. Â Â Â Deputy Commissioner of Narowal district of the eastern Punjab province Muhammad Ashraf told Xinhua...
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar destroyed more than 446.05 million U.S. dollar worth of narcotic drugs seized from around the country to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Monday, police said. The seized illegal drugs and precursor chemicals were ceremonially burnt...
JERUSALEM- Violence in the occupied West Bank persisted Saturday with Israelis attacking Palestinian residents and a Palestinian shooter killed by Israeli forces at a checkpoint, officials on both sides said. The latest incidents add to a mounting toll which has cost four Israeli and 16 Palestinian...
KATHMANDU, Nepal- Scaling Everest is always dangerous, but expedition organisers have warned that a combination of extreme weather, corner-cutting on safety, and inexperienced and "impatient" foreign climbers has resulted in one of the peak's deadliest mountaineering seasons. As the last search and...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A French fugitive wanted by Interpol over a double murder more than 30 years ago was arrested at Amsterdam airport Friday after arriving on a plane from Indonesia, police said. Thierry Ascione, 64, was found guilty of the 1991 killings of two French nationals who owned a...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - At least 31 people, suspected to be illegal miners, are believed to have died last month in an abandoned South African gold mine, the government said on Friday. The deaths occurred in the ventilation shaft at an abandoned site in the gold mining town of Welkom, 260...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Friday it was barring entry to more European officials in response to the EU's decision to slap new sanctions on Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine. "In response to these unfriendly actions, the Russian side has significantly expanded the list of representatives of...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Friday it had downed an entire barrage of 13 cruise missiles fired by Russian forces overnight, targeting an airfield in the west of the country. "Thirteen of the occupiers' cruise missiles were destroyed on June 23... This time, the attack was aimed at a military...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations voiced deep concern Friday that the crackdown on freedoms in Tunisia was now targeting journalists, as it urged the Tunisian authorities to change course. UN human rights chief Volker Turk said vague legislation was being used to criminalise independent...
