The Bank of Italy said that the country's public debt climbed above $3 trillion in the latest reporting period. ...

Pakistan is now looking for a 'Plan B' for averting full fledge eruption of the balance of payment crisis if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to delay the revival of the already-delayed $6.5 bailout programme, according to sources....

South Korea has kicked off radiation exposure tests on North Korean defectors who hailed from areas near the reclusive country's Punggye-ri nuclear testing site, an official at Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. ...

At least six people died and an unknown number of persons remain unaccounted for after a fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand's capital Wellington on Tuesday, authorities confirmed. ...

Five people have been killed after the extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha swept into Myanmar two days ago, state media reported....

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province has arrested four terrorists in various operations, CTD officials said....

Ludovit Odor took office as Slovakia's new caretaker Prime Minister, pledging to bring calm and professionalism to his country....

AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami will visit the families of the victims of the spurious liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu, which has so far claimed 18 lives in the districts of Villupuram and Chengalpattu....

A man working as a home guard in Bihar's Sitamarhi district was killed in a road accident, police said on Tuesday. ...

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province has arrested four terrorists in various operations,...