At least 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday, spewing explosive plumes of lava and forcing authorities to evacuate several nearby ...

At least nine people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted on Nov 3, spewing explosive plumes of ...

Perhaps it should be called a decrease-fire. Whatever the word, India and Pakistan last week demonstrated the flexibility of their own, ten-day-old ceasefire. From Kashmir to the Sind, patrols ...

The wide streets of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, are lined with tall trees under which community ...

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BANGKOK: Thai police have arrested the driver of a bus carrying young students and teachers that caught fire and killed 23 in suburban Bangkok, as families arrived in the capital on Wednesday (Oct ...

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on ...

Mourners wept and monks prayed at a cremation ceremony Tuesday in a small town in central Thailand for 23 young students and teachers who died in last week’s bus fire on a school field trip.

Crude Oil WTI traded higher by 2.63% at $71.08/bbl, and Brent was up 2.40% at $74.56/bbl. The U.S. Dollar Index rose 0.16% to 104.15, and USD/JPY was up 0.48% at 152.77. On Thursday, October 31st ...