Published On: January 10, 2017 01:53 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines, Jan 10: A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck under the Celebes Sea off the southern Philippines on Tuesday but was far too deep to cause any damage and casualties or generate a tsunami.
Published On: January 10, 2017 11:22 AM NPT By: Reuters
A Chinese professor has been sacked after he criticized Chairman Mao Zedong on his 123rd birthday in an commentary he posted online that enraged leftists.
Published On: January 9, 2017 07:15 PM NPT By: Agencies
SYDNEY, Jan 9 :A disturbing footage has emerged of a Nepali punching a bystander in a McDonald’s brawl.
Published On: January 9, 2017 03:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI/TAIPEI, Jan 9: State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that China would "take revenge" if he reneged on the one-China policy, only hours after Taiwan's president made a controversial stopover in Houston.
Published On: January 9, 2017 12:43 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: President-elect Donald Trump accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia engaged in cyber attacks during the U.S. presidential election and may take action in response, his incoming chief of staff said on Sunday.
Published On: January 9, 2017 12:07 PM NPT By: Reuters
SRINAGAR, Jan 9: Several unidentified militants attacked a camp housing road construction workers in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, killing three labourers before fleeing, said police in the restive region near the border with Pakistan.
Published On: January 8, 2017 07:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
The attacker who shot dead 39 people on New Year’s night at an Istanbul nightclub has been identified as an Uzbek jihadist who belongs to the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, Turkish press reports said.
Published On: January 8, 2017 03:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Jan 8: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an effort to help Republican Donald Trump's electoral chances by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence agencies said in an assessment.
Published On: January 8, 2017 03:15 PM NPT By: IANS
Accusing LinkedIn of flouting local laws that require internet firms to store data on citizens within the nation’s borders, the Russian authorities have asked Apple and Google to remove the professional networking site app from their online stores.
Published On: January 8, 2017 02:47 PM NPT By: IANS
At least 10 crocodiles have broken loose from a zoo in Nakhon Si Thammarat province of Thailand after floods hit the area.