Egypt has delivered verdicts for more than 700 people over a pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in after President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013, reports…

TOKYO: The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 35 yesterday, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors, reports AFP. The majority of the dead are from the small rural town of Atsuma, where a cluster of dwellings were wrecked…

MOSCOW: Russia yesterday said it had “irrefutable information” Syrian rebels were planning an imminent “provocation” in Idlib province to justify Western intervention, reports AFP. Moscow has long said anti-regime groups in the last major rebel bastion were planning an attack…

WASHINGTON: Just as Barack Obama was warning that America is in the grip of a politics of fear that undermines norms and political accountability, President…

BANDUNG: At least 21 people died and several others were injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed and plunged into a ravine on the Indonesian island of Java, reports AFP quoting police. The crash happened when the bus with 37 people on board was heading to a holiday spot in Sukabumi region,…

KATHMANDU: A helicopter crashed into a hillside in central Nepal yesterday, killing six on board, including a Japanese tourist, reports AFP quoting officials. One woman survived the crash with injuries and has been airlifted to the capital. Rescuers travelled on foot to reach the chopper’s wreckage,…