(AFP) – Batsmen hit a staggering 48 sixes and 70 fours in a Bangladesh second division 50-over match in which a combined 818 runs...

(AFP) – Cinemas empty, high-speed train trips cancelled, tourist sites closed, an entire province shut down: The extraordinary measures taken by China to contain...

(AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he had dropped his request for parliamentary immunity from corruption charges. The announcement came...

(AFP) – Hong Kong said Tuesday it was closing a range of public facilities from sports centres to campsites in a bid to curb...

(Xinhua) — Chinese health authorities announced Tuesday that 4,515 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 30...

(Xinhua) — At least nine Afghan policemen were killed and three others went missing after the Taliban stormed a security checkpoint in the country’s...

– NBA legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog, killing all...

An Iranian passenger plane overshot a runway as it landed Monday in the southwestern city of Bandar-e Mahshahr, barrelling into an adjacent highway without...

India said Monday it plans to sell its entire stake in the national carrier Air India to shore up falling government revenues amid an...

26 (Xinhua) — A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico on Saturday, as the Caribbean island has experienced tremors nearly on a daily basis since...