LOS ANGELES: Hugh Hefner, the silk pajama-wearing founder of Playboy who helped escort nudity into the American mainstream, died Wednesday, the company…

KARANGASEM: More than 122,000 people have fled their homes on the resort island of Bali, fearful that a rumbling volcano could erupt at any time, disaster…

London: Farmers in the south Indian state of Telangana are demanding that officials discontinue 24-hour electricity to villages as they fear it will cause excessive pumping of ground water, reports BBC. "Motors will pull out ground water and bore wells will dry out," Yerram Anjireddy, a farmer,…

KANDAHAR: At least a dozen Afghan security forces were killed when a suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed Humvee blew himself up in the southern province of Kandahar, police said Thursday, reports AFP. The Taliban claimed the deadly assault on the government and police headquarters in Maroof…

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide, Jared Kushner, has been registered to vote as a woman for eight years, US media reported, reports…

MUMBAI: An Indian court on Thursday charged the former editor of a renowned news magazine with raping a female colleague four years ago, the prosecutor…

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian teenagers were charged with murder Thursday in connection with a fire that killed 23 children and teachers at an Islamic school this month, reports AFP. The pair, who cannot be named because they are aged under 18, were also charged with drug abuse along with four other suspects.…

London: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved the lower house of the parliament ahead of a snap election, reports BBC. The poll, announced on Monday and which comes a year early, will take place on 22 October. Mr Abe is seeking a fresh mandate amid a rebound in his approval ratings and…