On December 30, Bangladesh finally held a much awaited parliamentary election. Close to 100 million Bangladeshis voted in 40,000 polling stations across the country. But even before polling began, many observers concluded  that the vote,

Narathiwat, Thailand - Suraiya first noticed something was wrong with her two-year-old son, Atfan Kuning, when he couldn't eat or keep any food down. The possibility of measles came to mind early as she

Emergency teams have rushed to areas devastated by landslides and floods in the eastern Philippines, where the death toll has reached 85, according to officials. Search, rescue and relief operations have been hampered by

US President Donald Trump has invited top congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for a border security briefing, the first between the president and Democratic leaders since before a partial government shutdown

Armed men have killed dozens of Fulani herders in central Mali, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives last year. The Malian government said in a statement that attackers dressed as traditional Donzo hunters

The brother of a US citizen arrested in Russia on espionage charges said on Tuesday that his brother is innocent and was in Moscow to attend a wedding. Paul Whelan was arrested in Moscow on

The Cornelia Street Cafe has fallen victim to rising rents in Greenwich Village, a neighbourhood that the business helped make trendy. The cafe was voted one of the best places in the world to

Tens of thousands of women in a southern Indian state have formed a 620km human chain in support of a court order overturning a partial ban on women entering one of Hinduism's holiest temples. The "Women's

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir ordered authorities Tuesday to set up a committee to investigate violence during anti-government protests, even as a range of political groups called for a “new regime” in the country.At

CAIRO: Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi are calling for constitutional changes that would allow him to stay in power once his second term ends in 2022.Backers of the former military chief, re-elected