At least 70 killed, several thousand injured in Beirut blast
A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud...
Singapore to make travellers wear electronic tags to enforce quarantine
Singapore will make some incoming travellers wear an electronic monitoring device to ensure that they comply with coronavirus quarantines as the city-state gradually reopens...
India arrests 3 persons in connection with death of ‘Angoda Lokka’
The Coimbatore city police in India confirmed the death of Maddumage Chandana Lasantha Perera alias ‘‘Angoda Lokka’’, the Sri Lankan underworld kingpin who was...
Australia: State of Disaster in Victoria, Melbourne under 6-week lockdown
Sweeping new restrictions, including a night-time curfew, will be imposed across Melbourne under stage four restrictions from tonight and regional Victoria will move to...
Twitter hack: Bognor Regis man one of three charged
A man living in Bognor Regis - on the UK south coast - is one of three individuals charged over a major Twitter hack,...
U.S. imposes human rights sanctions on Chinese company, individuals
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a Chinese company and two officials related to the company for what it said were human...
Car bomb in Afghanistan kills at least 17 ahead of Eid...
At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city on Thursday as crowds shopped for the Muslim festival...
Trump nominee hearing pulled after furore over Islam remarks
A United states Senate committee abruptly cancelled a confirmation hearing on Thursday for retired Army Brigadier General Anthony Tata to be the Pentagon's undersecretary for...
Obama aims criticism at Trump in eulogy for civil rights leader
Former US President Barack Obama launched his sharpest attack to date on President Donald Trump on Thursday, condemning the use of federal agents against...
‘A fair go’: Australia to force tech giants to pay media...
Australia on Friday unveiled the world's first draft law to force Google and Facebook to pay traditional news media to publish their material in...
