Kabul student centre attacked, death toll revised to 34
KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber struck a student education centre in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Wednesday, leaving dozens ...
U.S. officials confident of cementing ties with Vietnam this year
“It took vision, hard work, and most of all, trust, to get us to this point (good US-Vietnam relations). If ...
US Cuts $230 Million to Syria, Ties Future Rebuilding Funds to Peace
WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday announced it was cutting about $230 million in stabilization money to northeast Syria ...
Asian Games: Indonesian police kills dozens of criminals in crackdown
Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 18 (ANI): Indonesian police has killed dozens of petty criminals in a massive crackdown against them, ahead ...
Neeraj Chopra looking to give his absolute best in Asian Games
Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 18 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who is named as the flag bearer of the Indian contingent ...
Trump cancels proposed military parade, blames Washington DC
WASHINGTON, U.S. - A day after reports revealed that the U.S. President Donald Trump’s military parade was set to cost ...
ISIS claims Kabul attacks, as U.S. warns of Taliban threat
KABUL, Afghanistan - With no conceivable end to America’s longest military engagement in sight - the war against insurgents in ...
Dozens of children drown as boat sinks in the Nile
KARTOUM, Sudan - In a tragic incident, a boat with over 40 children onboard ran into trouble after the engine ...
Collusion probe blamed for Brennan’s clearance being axed
WASHINGTON, U.S. - Hounded by the intensifying Russia collusion probe being led by the Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the U.S. ...
Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations turn deadly
KARACHI, Pakistan - As Pakistan marked its 72nd Independence Day, several cases of aerial firing recorded across the country left ...
Explosion on Indian oil tanker off Oman, two casualties
MUSCAT, Oman - An Indian oil tanker, MT Desh Vaibhav suffered an explosion off the coast of Oman, with three ...
Extending the retirement age of civil servants
The National Personnel Authority's latest proposal to extend the mandatory retirement age for national government workers to 65 from the ...
What's needed for regional revitalization
Shigeru Ishiba, a former state minister for regional revitalization, faces an uphill battle in his bid to replace Prime Minister ...
When financiers can be agents of positive change
MANILA - Homegrown reforms with the backing of the people have the best chance of lasting. But multilateral development banks ...
Hugh Cortazzi, ex-envoy and JT columnist, dies
Japan on Tuesday lost a dedicated friend with the passing of former British Ambassador to Japan and longtime Japan Times ...
Japan refuses to acknowledge its misogyny
Japan is quite notorious for being historically and culturally a patriarchy. The latest case of a Japanese medical university throwing ...
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Japan probes if Apple tried to crush App Store competitor
TOKYO, Japan - Apple is set to face the heat in Japan, over alleged efforts to secretly crush an App ...
Instagram probes widespread hack that is locking users out
CALIFORNIA, U.S. - A bizarre and widespread hack is affecting hundreds of users on Instagram, who have complained of being ...
First U.S. city to install subway body scanners: Los Angeles
CALIFORNIA, U.S. - In a first, Los Angeles has decided to install subway body scanners, officials confirmed this week. The ...
Pakistan warns Twitter to block offensive content
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan has issued a stern warning to popular microblogging site, Twitter to either block “offensive content” or ...
Uber hires former NSA official to lead firm’s security
CALIFORNIA, U.S. - Nine months after Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi fired the company’s head of security, Joe Sullivan over the ...
Vienna topples Melbourne as world’s most liveable city
VIENNA, Austria - Breaking Melbourne’s seven year record, the Austrian capital, Vienna was crowned the world’s most liveable city, in ...
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
Expectations were high for this top of the line Hyatt product in "The Big Easy". The taxi rolled up to the rear of the ...