Krakow: The Unesco World Heritage Committee on Sunday added the island of Okinoshima, an ancient ritual site in the Munakata region of Fukuoka Prefecture…

Aga Khan will mark his Diamond Jubilee, or 60th year as the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) of the world’s Shia Ismaili Muslims, says a…

RIYADH: Six people convicted of drug trafficking and homicide were executed in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the government said, the highest number of executions in a single day this year, reports AFP. A Pakistani citizen was executed for drug trafficking and five Saudi nationals for homicide, the interior…

LONDON: Seventy firefighters battled a large fire in a building housing many boutique shops in London's popular Camden Lock Market in the early hours of Monday, reports AFP. The emergency service said it had sent 10 fire engines to the scene and the fire was extinguished within around three hours…

MANILA: Bertha, believed to be the world's oldest hippopotamus, has died aged 65, the Manila zoo said Monday, having beaten the typical lifespan for…

LUCKNOW: A dozen people have died after drinking toxic homemade alcohol in Uttar Pradesh state, police said Monday, the latest incident of bootleg booze killing Indian drinkers, reports AFP. Police in the northern state said victims complaining of severe stomach pain fell seriously ill after consuming…

London: Police in India say they have arrested a 60-year-old man who fatally shot his wife for serving his dinner late, reports BBC. Ashok Kumar came home drunk on Saturday night and got into an argument with his wife, Rupesh Singh, a senior police officer in Ghaziabad city near the capital Delhi, told…

BEIJING: China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said Monday, raising fears about his life a day…