At least 54 jade miners in northern Myanmar were believed to be dead on Tuesday after a huge mound of tailings collapsed into an open-pit mine, burying workers and heavy equipment, officials said. The disaster occurred late Monday night in the remote Hpakant area of Kachin State, where

Sri Lanka's president has vowed to overhaul state security after several bomb blasts on Sunday killed 321 people and wounded 500. Late on Tuesday, Maithripala Sirisena announced changes to the heads of defence forces "within 24 hours". He said threat reports had not been shared

Isis has claimed responsibility for bombings that left more than 300 people dead in Sri Lanka. In a statement released by its Amaq propaganda agency, the group said it was targeting citizens of countries bombings its territories and Christians. “A security source told Amaq agency

Sri Lanka has held its first mass funeral as the country marks a day of mourning for the victims of Sunday's bomb blasts. The death toll of the attacks on churches and hotels has increased to 310, police said on Tuesday. The country has observed three minutes of silence and a

Donald Trump is reportedly set to make a state visit to the UK in the first week of June. Sky News reported the trip could be announced by the White House as early as today. The US president will meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace before a trip to France as part of 75th anniversary

The third and largest phase of the national election began Tuesday (April 23) morning with polling in 117 seats across 13 states and two Union Territories in India.  Among the states are Gujarat and Kerala, where voting is being held in all seats. Half of Karnataka is also voting from

Sri Lankans have observed three minutes of silence at the start of a national day of mourning for the victims of Sunday’s bomb attacks. The death toll in the bomb attacks rises to 310, with some 500 injured. Parliament will resume on Tuesday (April 23) with a statement expected

A powerful earthquake has struck the main Philippines island of Luzon, killing at least 11 people. The magnitude 6.1 tremor hit at 17:11 local time (09:11 GMT) on Monday, the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reports. An airport was seriously damaged and at least

Sri Lanka on Monday accused a local Islamist extremist group, the National Thowheed Jamaath, of being behind a string of Easter bombings against churches and hotels that killed at least 290 people. Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said the group, whose name roughly translates as

Five people were killed when at least two buildings collapsed as a strong earthquake rocked the northern Philippines, a local official said. Three bodies have been pulled out of a collapsed building in the town of Porac, while an old woman and her grandchild were crushed to death by

Sri Lankan police found 87 bomb detonators at the main bus station in the capital, Colombo, on Monday, a spokesman said, a day after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels killing 290 people and wounding about 500. Security forces are carrying out searches across the island to

Sri Lanka will enforce a state of emergency from midnight Monday in the wake of the blasts during Easter services that killed 290 people and wounded more than 500 others, enhancing the counter terrorism powers of of the security forces. The decision was made during a meeting of the

The Sri Lankan government on Monday (April 22) ordered a new night-time curfew as tensions remained high after a series of suicide bomb attacks that left at least 290 dead. The government information department said the curfew would run from 8:00pm (1430 GMT) on Monday until 4:00am on

Bali’s Mount Agung volcano has erupted again, spewing ash into the sky to a height of 2km. The active volcano erupted at 3.21am yesterday and the thick ash column was blown to the south-west, causing a drizzle of volcanic ash in Karangasem, Bangli and Klunglung districts, Sutopo

At least 17 people have been killed and five injured in a landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, the country's disaster relief agency said on Sunday. The landslide, which was caused by heavy rains, occurred early on Sunday in a rural area of Rosas municipality,

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election, exit polls suggest. The polls give the political newcomer, who dominated the first round of voting three weeks ago, more than 70% support. Zelensky, 41, challenged incumbent

The death toll in Sri Lanka has soared to 290 after a wave of blasts hit churches and luxury hotels across the country on Easter Sunday. Police said that 24 arrests have now been made, but the government has not yet identified who carried out the attacks. About 500 people are

At least 207 people have been killed and 450 hurt in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police say. Eight blasts were reported, including at three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo's Kochchikade district during Easter services. The Shangri-La, Kingsbury

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned a string of blasts that killed at least 137 people on Sunday as "cowardly" and said the government was working to "contain the situation." "I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today," he said in a tweet

The Indian Air Force has recommended Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman for the third highest wartime gallantry award, the Vir Chakra, for shooting down an enemy fighter plane in aerial combat against Pakistan Air Force. After the Param Vir Chakra and the Mahavir Chakra, the Vir