Supermarket shelves across Japan were also emptied of rice for weeks this summer. Read more at straitstimes.com.

There are currently 123,866 donors on the Bone Marrow Donor Programme's registry. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ANKARA - Attacks on Lebanon this week showed that the Israeli government planned to spread the war to the region, Turkey's ...

DHAKA - Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh’s southern hilly region are living in fear after clashes in which four people were ...

CONAKRY - People living near a chimpanzee research centre in Guinea attacked the facility on Friday after a woman said one of ...

The Harrods website now has a form that victims can complete to claim compensation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The police also seized various items, including books that have elements of deviant teachings. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The show was such a success that the organisers decided to add another show on Sept 28 at the same venue. Read more at ...

Each guitarist plays a 20-second solo on the 25-minute track, which is recognised in the Singapore Book Of Records. Read more ...

CAIRO - Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern ...

LONDON – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has challenged his side to show that they are ready to topple English Premier League ...

COLOMBO - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on Sept 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation’s ...