Russia on Saturday toughened penalties for soldiers voluntarily surrendering or refusing to fight, with up to 10 years imprisonment, and it replaced its top logistics general after a series of
A super typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines on Sunday and was on track to slam into the heavily populated main island of Luzon, forcing the evacuations of coastal towns, authorities
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe’s funeral is set to take place next week amid heavy criticism from people in the country who are questioning the high cost
The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 620 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to the latest global data, the
A man lost in the mountains for 17 days after an earthquake in south-west China has been rescued. The 6.6 magnitude quake hit Sichuan province on 5 September, killing 93
Aftershocks struck southeastern Taiwan on Monday, including a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that was felt in the capital Taipei, a day after a more powerful tremor killed one person and injured around
Twenty-seven people were killed in a bus crash in southwest China on Sunday, police said, in the country’s deadliest road accident so far this year. The crash took place on
The Kyrgyz health ministry said Sunday that at least 36 people had been killed in recent border clashes with Tajikistan, increasing its earlier figure of the latest violence between the
Thousands of people took refuge in shelters in southwestern Japan on Sunday as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region, prompting authorities to urge over four million residents to evacuate.
Crowds greeted King Charles III on Saturday as he arrived at Buckingham Palace to meet Commonwealth leaders hours after a security scare interrupted the queen’s sombre lying-in-state. Charles’ arrival at