JAKARTA: Indonesian politics is not for the faint hearted, more so in its recent Presidential Election 2019 (Pilpres 2019) when President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was
BEIJING: The heaviest average rainfall to lash a swathe of southern and eastern China in more than half a century brought torrential rain and floods,
THESSALONIKI (Greece): Six people died and at least 23 were injured as a fierce storm tore through a beach front in one of Greece’s top
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned Tehran on Wednesday that sanctions would soon be “increased substantially,” as armed Iranian boats reportedly attempted to seize a
LONDON: British police said they had detained a man who scaled the front gates of Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace, almost 37 years to the day
MUMBAI: India’s monsoon rains in the week ending on Wednesday were above average for the first time since the start of the season on June
WASHINGTON: The US city of New Orleans prepared Wednesday to face the first tropical storm of the season, which could become a hurricane and led
PARIS: France said Wednesday its missiles had been found at a Libyan base used by forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, in an embarrassing admission
TOKYO: Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe made a “perfect” touchdown yesterday on a distant asteroid, collecting samples from beneath the surface in an unprecedented mission that could
BEIJING: A billionaire Chinese property tycoon was formally arrested for suspected child molestation Wednesday, state media said, in a case that has sparked anger over
