GENEVA: More than 60,000 people have fled the crisis in Nicaragua over the past year, the UN said Tuesday, with neighbouring Costa Rica bearing the
STRASBOURG: Officials in France have found 21 migrants from Iran and Iraq hiding in a refrigerated truck driving in the east of the country, regional
SINGAPORE: Beginning April 22, Singapore will no longer require all foreign travellers departing the republic to have the departure immigration endorsement or stamp of departure in
NEW DELHI: More than 157 million people, including 59 million in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, are eligible to vote in India’s second phase
PARIS: Spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris collapsed in a huge fire on Monday afternoon, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting local media. The
JAKARTA: Dipping their fingers in halal ink to prevent double voting, Indonesians cast their ballots tomorrow in a bitterly contested presidential election, with the main
SINGAPORE: Nearly 100 academics worldwide have expressed concern over Singapore’s proposed law against “fake news”, warning it could threaten academic freedom and hurt the city-state’s
SHANGHAI: The world’s rarest turtle has moved a step closer to extinction after a female specimen died in a Chinese zoo, leaving behind just three
Indonesians to vote in world’s biggest single-day election JAKARTA: Tens of millions of Indonesians will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections this week after campaigns
MELBOURNE: A security guard is dead and another man is fighting for his life after a drive-by shooting outside a popular Melbourne nightclub, police said
