Manila: Muslim extremists abducted a Catholic priest and more than a dozen churchgoers while laying siege to a southern Philippine city overnight, burning buildings, ambushing soldiers and hoisting flags of the Islamic State group, officials said Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial…

TAIPEI: Taiwan's top court ruled in favour of gay marriage Wednesday, a landmark decision that paves the way for the island to become the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex unions, reports AFP. Crowds of supporters cheered, hugged and wept as the court said current laws preventing the practice…

KATHMANDU: Nepal's Maoist prime minister resigned Wednesday as part of a planned handover to a former political foe who will be the impoverished nation's…

New York: Hillary Clinton proclaimed Tuesday that President Donald Trump's budget shows an "unimaginable level of cruelty" for millions of Americans and children, reports AP. The former Democratic presidential nominee, who recently declared herself part of the Trump resistance, lashed…

KATHMANDU: Authorities in Nepal have been unable to confirm the identities of four bodies found on Mount Everest, officials said Wednesday, raising speculation the climbers may have died years ago, reports AFP. The climbers were found at camp four -- at 7,950 metres (26,085 feet) -- on Tuesday by a…