HANOI: Vietnam said on Saturday (Nov 30) that it will build a US$67 billion high-speed railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City ...

TAIPEI: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te departed on Saturday (Nov 30) on a week-long tour of the Pacific that includes a ...

A pair of peregrine falcons was found nesting in a recess high up on OCBC Centre at Chulia Street in the heart of Singapore's ...

Families are becoming more compact, in a trend that’s been with us for centuries. But there’s no need to worry over the cost ...

BEIRUT:  A monitor of Syria's war said on Saturday (Nov 30) that jihadist rebels now control a majority of Aleppo city, ...

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 122,000 people have been forced out of their homes as massive floods caused by relentless rains swept ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the next interest rate hikes are "nearing in the sense that economic data are on track ...

LONDON: UK lawmakers voted Friday (Nov 29) in favour of assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales, ...

TBILISI: Pro-European Union Georgians were gathering on Friday (Nov 29) for a second night of protests, after the country's ...

COPENHAGEN: Lithuania declared three staff members of China's representative office in the country, a type of diplomatic ...

BANGKOK: Flooding driven by heavy rains in southern Thailand has killed nine people and displaced more than 13,000, officials ...

WASHINGTON: The United States has approved the proposed sale of spare parts for fighter jets and radar systems as well as ...