SEOUL: The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will visit the South this week for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Seoul said Wednesday—the first member of its ruling family ever to do so. Kim Yo-Jong, who is a senior member of the ruling Workers’ Party, will be part of a high-level…

MALE: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen appeared yesterday to have gained the upper hand in a bitter power struggle after a diminished Supreme Court reinstated the convictions of high-profile political dissidents including the exiled leader of the opposition, reports AFP. The tiny island nation, whose…

NEW DELHI: India is investigating claims an unlicensed doctor infected at least 46 people with HIV by re-using syringes, the latest case to expose the paucity of healthcare in the country of 1.25 billion, reports AFP. Police in Uttar Pradesh have registered a criminal case against Rajendra Yadav, who…

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's estranged wife, Jashodaben, survived a fatal crash on Wednesday on a national highway, police confirmed to the…

HONG KONG: Kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong will shut early for the Chinese New Year break due to a deadly flu outbreak, the government said yesterday, reports AFP. This winter flu season, some 111 people have died since January, including two people aged under 18, according to figures…

PARIS: The ozone layer that protects life on Earth from deadly ultraviolet radiation is unexpectedly declining above the planet’s most populated…

BRUSSELS: The EU defended yesterday a plan to sanction Britain if it breaks the rules of the post-Brexit transition period, saying it needed to be able to act against any “foul play” by London, reports AFP. British pro-Brexit lawmakers reacted angrily against “threats” from Brussels…

CONAKRY: Five young children perished in an arson attack on Tuesday during clashes in central Guinea following weekend local elections, a government minister said, reports AFP. Huts and houses were set on fire in the town of Kalinko, and “five Guinean infants died in the flames”, the minister…