The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) yesterday announced a new two-layer system to strengthen security of Aadhaar number holders which would do away with the need to share the unique ID for verification purposes.

Malaysia signed a deal yesterday to pay a US seabed exploration firm up to $70mn if it finds the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft MH370 within 90 days of embarking on a new search in the Southern Indian ocean.

The detained co-leader of Turkey’s third largest political party said yesterday that he would step down from his post at the party’s congress next month.

The number of children and females getting injured while using all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) is on the rise, a new report released by the Hamad Trauma Centre’s Hamad Injury Prevention Programme (HIPP) indicates.

A Muslim indigenous community in the southern Philippines has suffered widespread human right abuses that could intensify with President Rodrigo Duterte’s extension of martial law there, UN-appointed experts said.

HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti has inaugurated the new Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) website in the presence of CAA Chairman Abdulla bin Nasser Turki al-Subaiey, and number of CAA heads of sections and units.

It’s the question every good little girl and boy asks on Christmas Eve: When is Santa coming?

Sri Lanka has enjoyed close ties with Qatar, with over 120,000 Sri Lankans making up for close to 2.68mn population of Qatar.

After a year of relatively healthy global economic growth, economists are predicting pretty much the same for 2018 ...

European Central Bank (ECB) policy maker Jens Weidmann reiterated his call for a definite end-date for the institution’s bond-buying programme, a refrain that looks likely to gain traction among his colleagues next year.

Crystal Palace escaped the Premier League relegation zone for the first time this season with a last-gasp 2-1 home win over Watford on Tuesday but still have a mountain to climb to avoid relegation, according to manager Roy Hodgson.

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome had twice the permissible amount of asthma medication in his system during the Vuelta race in September, the UCI and his team revealed yesterday.