A Bangladesh High Court on Monday ordered 154 toxic tanneries to shut down. ....

All nine persons aboard a helicopter that crashed in a mountainous area of Nagano prefecture in Japan on Sunday have died, police said on Monday. ....

Indian-American investor and philanthropist Frank Islam hopes that a $2-million management school set up by him at his alma mater, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), will become an incubator for leaders in India. ....

Five Pakistani soldiers were killed in an attack on three border posts along the Afghanistan border, the army announced on Monday. ....

North Korea on Monday test-fired four ballistic missiles into into the Sea of Japan, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced. ....

Beleaguered French politician Francois Fillon on Sunday declared "no one can stop" his bid for the presidency after a mass rally attended by thousands in Paris. ....

The US embassy here on Sunday condemned the attack on a Sikh man who was injured in firing by a gunman in Washington. ....

Brazilian Serie A football club Gremio have signed veteran Argentine forward Gaston Fernandez as they bolster their squad for this year's Copa Libertadores. ....

Government employees have to be in office by 9.30 a.m., says new Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu. ....

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has expressed pain over the killing of an Indian-origin businessman killed in South Carolina in the US. ....