A rare solar 'hybrid' eclipse spanning four global continents has stunned millions of people around the world.
On Tuesday afternoon, the race to conquer the space gets all the more exciting as India gears to blast into space its probe rocket Mangalyaan.
Hakimullah Mehsud, the chief leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed by a U.S. drone attack in North Waziristan on Friday November 1
Cambodian Khmer Rouge's last two surviving leaders Nuon Chea, the regime's number two leader and Khieu Samphan, its head of state, defended themselves denying charges of crimes against humanity and distanced themselves from the deaths under the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. A verdict in the case which began two years ago is expected in early 2014.
Pakistan has announced that it has begun talks with the Pakistan Taliban in an effort to find a peaceful solution to end the years of violence that has plagued the country. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif revealed this at a meeting with British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in London on Thursday. Mr. Sharif, however, did not give any further details of the discussions and neither did he reveal what was on the agenda.
Syria no longer has the capability to produce chemical weapons, at least as far as their disclosed facilities are concerned. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) tasked with the job of destroying Syria’s chemical weapon stockpile has said that it has overseen the destruction of equipment used for producing, mixing and filling chemical weapons. This achievement comes a day before the Nov 1 deadline.
Following allegation that Australia used its embassy in Jakarta and consulate in Bali to run spying operations across South-East Asia, Indonesia has summoned the Australian ambassador Greg Moriarty demanding answers.
AEC apologises for the 1,375 votes missing that can never be found for Western Australia
Fairfax Media has reported that Australian embassies were being utilized by U.S. to spy Asian nations through a spy program dubbed as "Stateroom."
A 10-year-old fifth-grade primary schoolboy in China has jumped to his death in what seemed to be his last stand of obedience to his strict teacher after failing to deliver a required task.
Russia, which hosted the G20 summit in September, is reported to have included bugging devices in the basket of gifts that was given to world leaders. These bugging devices gifted by Russia include USB sticks infected with Trojan horses and recharge cables.
Japan's biggest banks are currently embroiled in a nasty investigation after one of its ranks admitted bankrolling the illegal activities of the country's yakuza organised crime gangs.
Did European intelligence agencies partner the U.S. National Security Agency in the mass surveillance program which whistle-blower Edward Snowden exposed? If report in the Wall Street Journal, are to be believed, the millions of European phone records tracked by NSA, now threatening US’ trans-Atlantic relations, were not collected by NSA but by intelligence agencies in those countries itself. This revelation, by WSJ timed before the head of NSA was due to testify before Congress, will help to t...
The police in China arrested five suspects on Wednesday evening in connection with the Monday’s deadly car crash suicide terror attack at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, state media reports. It was also revealed that the SUV used in the attack was registered in China’s restive Xinjiang province. Reports say police also found a petrol container, two knives, extremist flag and religious slogans in the vehicle.
The National Security Agency collects information secretly from the flowing data between Google and Yahoo data centres, according to the Washington Post
"Noah's Ark" emerged in Manus Island. It is fully furnished with a large bar, restaurant, gymnasium and a rooftop terrace to complement the relaxing view of the pristine waters of the Manus Island, off Papua New Guinea.
China, invoking transparency, has given the world a glimpse of its military strength and capability when it decommissioned on Tuesday its first nuclear-powered submarine after 40 years of service.
Whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that Australian embassies were U.S.’ spy across Asian nations
After more than a year, the World Trade Organisation has finally ruled that the rare earths exports restrictions placed by China, the world's dominant supplier of the precious elements, defies the very core rules of the organisation. The ruling, however, comes a tad late just when the world has learned to adjust to the apparent supply nightmare, including recycling the precious commodity and scouting other potential suppliers, effectively lessening dependence on China.
Authorities in China are looking out for two men belonging to the country’s ethnic Uighur Muslim minority from the country’s restive Xinjiang province on suspected terror charges as they investigate whether the SUV which crash and then caught fire at Beijing's historic Tiananmen Square on Monday killing its three occupants and two tourists, and injuring 38 others, was actually a suicide attack.
Terming, the recent killing of Iranian border guards on its border with Pakistan, as a terror attack, Iran has demanded that Pakistan identify and extradite the perpetrators. On Oct 25, 14 Iranian border guards were killed and three others wounded by "armed bandits" in the border region of Saravan in the country's south-eastern province of Sistan-and-Baluchestan. In retaliation, meanwhile, on Saturday, Iran executed 16 people, said to be elements belonging to the "terrorist" group...
Tasmanian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell, arrested by the Russian authorities along with 29 others from the Greenpeace vessel, the Arctic Sunrise has been formally charged in Russia. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the Mr Russell had been formally charged with hooliganism.
Chemical Weapon inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – the international chemical weapons watchdog - have completed verification activities at 21 of the 23 sites. The other two sites are located in conflict zones where conditions necessary for safe access could not be ensured. The U.S., however, remains skeptical on the actual number of chemical weapon sites, say reports.
Apple Inc (AAPL) wants better sales of its iPhone and iPad devices in China in 2014, and has specifically targeted to sell them in the country's outskirts to achieve the goal.
The timing of his first visit as Prime Minister to Afghanistan has given Mr Abbott the chance to declare an end to Australia's longest military engagement. Mr Abbott said the longest war of Australia has finally reached an end.
In the latest attack by Chinese media on global companies, Starbucks and Samsung have both come under fire for allegedly bullying Chinese customers and over-charging them. Leading the charge China Central Television (CCTV) and the China Daily. This comes after iPhone maker Apple was blasted by CCTV earlier this year for not repairing customers' iPhones for free.
New Zealand and the United States have agreed to their military relations after nearly 30 years as the U.S. is increasing its presence in the Asia-Pacific region to counter the growth of China.
It is news that could prove damaging to the Pakistan government and its intelligence agency, the ISI. Even as the Pakistan government publicly condemns incidents of U.S. drone strikes in its territory, new reports in the U.S. media reveals that top officials in the Pakistani establishment are regularly briefed by U.S. agencies of such strikes. These strikes are being carried out under top secret agreement reached between both governments since the time of George W. Bush and Pervez Musharraf.
China has suspended one of its high-flying officials for allegedly spending an accumulated unpaid bill of $115,080 (700,000 yuan) at a specialty pig trotter restaurant.
In an obvious effort to curb anti-American sentiments, Iranian officials pulled down a bunch of new anti-American billboards that had come in the country's capital city Tehran. The reason it said was that the poster were pulled down because they were put up without the permission of the city’s municipal authorities.
