YANGON: At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge in Western Myanmar, authorities said Saturday, with more feared drowned as rescuers searched for the missing, reports AFP. The boat, called "Silver Star" in Burmese, sank Friday…

Palm Beach: President Donald Trump said Friday he has developed an "outstanding" relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping after meeting with the leader of a nation Trump has criticized as a menace to the United States, reports AP.The widely anticipated meeting of the leaders of the world's…

MANILA: A trio of strong earthquakes damaged buildings and caused panicked tourists to flee a popular dive resort near the Philippine capital on Saturday, officials and eyewitnesses said, reports AFP. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the quakes, the strongest of which hit the coast…

LAHORE: Pakistani police killed 10 Taliban gunmen in an early morning shootout Saturday in Lahore, officials said, with several militants tied to a February bombing in the eastern city dying in the skirmish, reports AFP. The gunfight erupted as authorities were escorting five members from the Pakistani…

United Nations: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has selected Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to be a UN messenger of peace, the highest…

STOCKHOLM: Swedish police found a suspect device in the truck that ploughed into a Stockholm crowd killing four in Europe's latest such terror attack,…

Basque militant group Eta has begun handing over its remaining weapons, ending the last insurgency in Europe, reports BBC.At a ceremony in the southern French city of Bayonne, an inventory of weapons, and their locations, was passed to the judicial authorities.French Interior Minister Matthias Fekl…