Beijing authorities have issued a second pollution "red alert", little more than a week after its first ever such warning.

China has summoned the US envoy to protest Washington's sale of warships to Taiwan, as part of a massive $1.8 billion arms package, Beijing said yesterday.

Pollution red alerts spread to more Chinese cities, state media reported yesterday as Beijing entered its third day of heavy smog, with officials warning poor

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says there is "no evidence" Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour is dead, after reports of an internal gunfight.

Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital's first ever pollution "red alert"red alert" came into effect.

The Afghan Taliban released an audio message Saturday it said was from leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, vehemently rejecting reports of

North Korea yesterday rejected a UN resolution on its human rights violations as a product of the hostile policy by the United States

At least 21 people died in a fire at a mine operated by northeast China's biggest state-owned coal company, state media reported

Indefinite transport strike imposed in Rajshahi district from this morning causing acute sufferings for commuters.

A minor boy, abducted from Kadimnagar village under Ghoraghat municipality on Tuesday, was found murdered at a mango orchard at the

Over 2.14 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed Vitamin A-plus capsules under a national campaign on November 14.

Mahi Hossain Masum, publication secretary of Olama League Sylhet district unit, was sent to jail yesterday in a case for killing schoolboy

Three people were hacked by robbers in Delduar upazila of the district early yesterday.

One of two cases filed in connection with the sensational seven-murder in Narayanganj has been sent to the District and Session Judge’s Court for starting charge framing hearing.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Saturday warned that land reclamation efforts and a military buildup in the South China Sea could lead to conflict between nations in the region.

Myanmar's boisterous election campaign drew to a close yesterday, two days before milestone polls that could finally propel Aung San

A Syrian boy whose disappearance from a hospital in Belgrade while on the European refugee trail sparked a huge social media campaign is reunited with his parents in Germany.

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Singapore this weekend, the two sides said, in what will be the first meeting between leaders from the rivals since the end of a civil war in 1949.

At least 30 people are killed and 35 injured in a bus crash in Nepal.

Fourteen-year-old Aziza Rahimzada is trying to help her impoverished community by offering classes to children.