North Korea has changed time zone to match the South after last week's inter-Korean summit, according to state media. At 23:30 local time (15:00 GMT) on Friday the country's clocks moved forward 30 minutes to midnight. The reset is "the first practical step" to speed up

Fresh eruptions sending fountains of lava 30m (100ft) out of the ground have taken place on Hawaii's Big Island, destroying several homes. The Civil Defense Agency said there were fissures on three streets and told any remaining residents to evacuate. It said there were deadly

At least 100 people have died and nearly 260,000 have been displaced by flooding in Kenya this month, the Kenyan Red Cross announced Thursday. Kenyan authorities and humanitarian organizations have been working to airlift stranded residents to safety and provide aid to isolated

DHAKA: The 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature is being postponed in the wake of a sexual and financial scandal that has engulfed the Swedish Academy, reports CNN. The academy, one of Sweden's most highly respected institutions, made the announcement Friday morning (May 4) following a

DHAKA: At least 125 people are reported to have died in fierce dust storms in northern India, with officials warning of more bad weather to come. High-speed winds and lightning have devastated many villages, brought down walls and left scores injured, reports BBC. A spokesperson for

A powerful dust storm has killed 77 people and injured 143 more in north India. The storms uprooted trees and electricity poles, and brought down walls and houses in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night. Some were also killed by lightning, reports the Skynews. Officials

Police in Paris have arrested nearly 200 masked demonstrators who smashed shop windows and torched cars during annual May Day protests. Far-left anarchist groups, known as Black Blocs, hijacked a peaceful rally against President Emmanuel Macron's public sector labour reforms.

At least 25 people have been killed in two bombings in the Afghan capital Kabul, including several journalists documenting the scene. AFP said its chief photographer, Shah Marai, had been killed. The first explosion was carried out by an attacker on a motorbike. A second followed

At least seven students have been stabbed to death and 12 injured in a knife attack outside a school in northern China, officials say. The knife-wielding man attacked the students near a secondary school in Mizhi County in Shaanxi province as they were heading home for the day,

Kim Jong-un has pledged a "new history" in relations with his neighbour as he became the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. In a moment rich with symbolism and pomp, South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and Kim shook hands at the

DHAKA: India’s Congress president Rahul Gandhi and four passengers on a chartered flight from Delhi to Karnataka got a major scare on Thursday (April 26) after the aircraft reportedly developed “multiple faults”, reports NDTV.  The incident has triggered a complaint to seek a

Kim Jong-un has become the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea by crossing the military line that has divided the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953. In a moment rich with symbolism and pomp, South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and Kim shook hands at the

A delegation of United Nations Security Council will arrive at Rakhaine state of Myanmar on May 1 to see first-hand impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis, reports international media quoting a senior government official of Myanmar. It is going to be the highest-profile UN visit to

DHAKA: At least 13 school children were killed after a bus collided with a train at a crossing in Kushinagar of Northern India, reports NDTV. As well as the 13 children, the bus driver was also killed – bringing the death toll up to 14. The children were students of Divine Public

So-called Indian ‘Godman’ Asaram Bapu was on Wednesday given life term in connection with raping a minor girl in his ashram near Jodhpur in Rajasthan in 2013.  The 77-year-old godman was convicted by the Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court, reports the Times Now.  

DHAKA: Ten people were killed and 15 injured after a man drove a van into pedestrians in Toronto of Canada, reports BBC. The suspect has been named by police as Alek Minassian, 25. A man was arrested several streets away following a tense standoff with officers on the street.

The Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Britain's Prince William, has given birth to a son, the royal family announced Monday (April 23). The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz (3.8 kilograms). The duchess, the former Kate Middleton, gave birth at 11a.m. local time at St. Mary's Hospital,

Many Chinese tourists were killed or injured in a serious traffic accident in North Korea, media reported on Monday (April 23). A tweet by the Chinese state broadcaster - which was later deleted - said more than 30 people had been killed when a tour bus fell from a bridge, reports the

DHAKA: The Indian government approved the death penalty for child rapists after nationwide protests over the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl and a series of other horrific sexual assaults. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a cabinet meeting to pass the measure on his

A suicide bomber struck a voter registration center in the Afghan capital on Sunday (April 22), killing at least 31 people, officials said.  Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said another 54 people were wounded in Sunday's attack, updating an earlier toll. Gen. Daud