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File photo: Phi Phi island, southern Thailand A tourist speedboat carrying 31 passengers exploded in front of Phi Phi Le island in the southern Thailand province of Krabi on Sunday, …

A rescue ship works to extinguish the fire on the stricken Iranian oil tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea, on January 10 An Iranian oil tanker has sunk after …

Justices Kurian Joseph, Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur address the media at a news conference in New Delhi Four justices of India‘s top court on Friday criticised its …

A handout photograph provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation‚Äôs (Isro) shows Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40) lifts off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh India launched its 100th satellite on …

The mosquito-borne tropical disease , dengue, kills about 20,000 people a year in the Philippines A Philippine government agency on Thursday exhumed the bodies of two children whose parents suspect …

Smoke is seen from the Panama-registered Sanchi tanker carrying Iranian oil, which went ablaze after a collision with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea Rescue crews were …

Civil Aviation Malaysia’s Director General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman and Ocean Infinity’s CEO Oliver Plunkett exchange documents, witnessed by Malaysia’s Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai, during the MH370 search operations signing …

South Korean President Moon Jae-in attends his New Year news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea South Korean President Moon Jae-in credited US President Donald Trump …

Journalists take part in a protest outside the court where Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo attend a hearing in Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar prosecutors sought charges on Wednesday …

Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui, who escaped a kidnapping attempt, speaks at a gathering in Islamabad, Pakistan A Pakistani journalist, known for criticising his country’s military establishment, said on Wednesday he …