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22 Nigerian students die in bus-truck collision

Twenty-twostudentsandadriverwerekilledwhentheirbuscollidedwithatruckhead-oninnorthernNigeria'sBauchi-Kanoroad,anofficialsaidTuesday.Threeotherssustainedseriousi

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Lady Gaga halts tour due to 'severe pain'

LadyGagahascancelledthelast10datesoftheEuropeanlegofherworldtourdueto"severepain".InastatementpostedonTwitter,thepopstarsaidshewas"devastated",butneededtoput"my

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6 children killed in N. Afghan unexploded ordnance blast

SixAfghanchildrendeadinanexplosioninthecountry'snorthernprovinceofBalkh,alocalofficialsaidThursday."AgroupofchildrenwereplayingnearaschoolinDawlatAbaddistrictWe

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India : Wealth of top 101 billionaires equals 13% of GDP

ItisinterestingtocomparetheworthofdollarbillionaireswiththeGDPofthecountriesinwhichtheylive.Insuchacomparison,Russia,USandIndiaareshowntobeamongthemostskewedcou

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Sooyoung of Girls' Generation signs with Daniel Henney's agency

SingerandactressChoiSoo-young,betterknownbyherstagenameSooyoungfromGirls'Generation,hasfoundanewagencyafterleavingS.M.Entertainmentlastmonth.EchoGlobalGroup,whi

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Russian bombers strike Islamic State targets in Syria: RIA

SixRussianTu-22M3long-rangebombersstruckIslamicStatetargetsnearthetownofAbuKemalinSyriaonThursday,RIAnewsagencyreported,citingRussia’sDefenseMinistry.Commandcen

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Marawi crisis: ISIL-linked leaders reportedly killed in clashes

TheleadersofISIL-linkedarmedgroupsbehindtheMarawicrisisinthePhilippines,IsnilonHapilonandOmarMaute,werereportedlykilledinclashes,localmediareportedonMonday.Apho

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Rise in HIV diagnoses among people over 50 in Europe

OneineverysixcasesofHIVinEuropeisdiagnosedinpeopleovertheageof50,anewstudyhasfound.Between2004and2015,thenumberofnewHIVdiagnosesincreasedby2.1%eachyearamongthis

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Microsoft Paint brushed aside

MicrosoftonMondayannouncedtheendofdaysforitspioneeringPaintapplicationasitfocusesonsoftwarefor3-Ddrawing.Paintdrawingandimageprocessingsoftwarethatmadeitsdebuti

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Taliban key commander among 5 killed in Afghan eastern Laghman province

ATalibankeycommanderAzamGulwasamongfivemilitantskilledineasternAfghanistan'sLaghmanprovinceonTuesday,saidastatementofprovincialgovernmentreleasedhere.(ASIAPACIF

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China to strengthen supervision of overseas investment

China will strengthen its supervision of overseas investment and establish a system to tame risks overseas, according to a report Monday from Xinhua News Agency.

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China to strengthen supervision of overseas investment

Chinawillstrengthenitssupervisionofoverseasinvestmentandestablishasystemtotamerisksoverseas,accordingtoareportMondayfromXinhuaNewsAgency.Chineseregulatorshavebe

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Bank bad loans in S. Korea fall as corp. restructuring to come to end

BadloansamongSouthKoreanbanksfellinthefirstquarterasrestructuringinthetroubledshipbuildingandshippingcompaniescameclosertoanend,financialwatchdogdatashowedTuesd

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UN Security Council adopts resolution endorsing Syria ceasefire

The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the Syria cease-fire arrangement brokered by Russia and Turkey as well as the new peace talks plan among Syrian conflict parties.

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S.Korean manufacturers cut jobs for 5th month amid restructuring

South Korean manufacturers cut jobs for five months in a row as the restructuring process continued among troubled shipbuilders and shipping lines in addition to weak exports, a government report showed on Wednesday.

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S.Korea's business confidence stays low on uncertainties

​Confidence among South Korean businesses over economic outlook stayed low on uncertainties at home and abroad, central bank data showed on Tuesday.

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Vietnam's biggest int'l food expo opens

​Vietnam International Food Industry Exhibition (FoodExpo) 2016, the largest one in food industry in the country, kicked off here Wednesday.