Yangon: Myanmar's civilian president, Htin Kyaw, has resigned with immediate effect "in order to take rest from the current duties and responsibilities", his office said in a statement posted on...

Manila, Mar 19 : Five people have perished in a raging inferno that tore through a hotel and casino complex in Manila, authorities said Monday, after firefighters battled more than...

Moscow : Vladimir Putin won a landslide victory in Russia's presidential election, receiving 76.67 per cent of the vote, the central election commission said today. Putin, who has ruled Russia...

Douma (Syria), Mar 7: Syria's regime sent reinforcements to Eastern Ghouta today, tightening the noose around the shrinking rebel enclave hours before a top-level UN meeting on the escalating violence....

Paris, Mar 7 :Cristiano Ronaldo and Casemiro got the goals for Real Madrid as the holders won 2-1 away to a Paris Saint-Germain side missing Neymar to secure their place...

Geneva, Mar 7: Global nuclear tensions helped boost investments in atomic weapons production by around USD 81 billion last year, campaigners said today, urging investors to blacklist the companies that...

Beirut, Feb 27 (AFP) A fledgling "humanitarian pause" announced by Russia in Syria's rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta was rattled today by fresh air strikes and rocket fire, several sources...