A squabbling couple went their separate ways after a failed marriage, but found each other again under different pseudonyms in Facebook while looking for a new love.

Europe begins to roll out a data superhighway in orbit above the Earth. The first node in the network is a telecommunications satellite that was launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

The colossal impact that created the moon may have spawned the cosmic mashup between the rocks that ultimately became Earth and its lunar neighbor, Space.com reports quoting researchers.

Myanmar President Thein Sein hails the "triumph" of the country's transition of power, addressing a military-dominated parliament for the final time before a handover to Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy movement.

The $681m (£479m) deposited in the bank account of Malaysian PM Najib Razak by Saudi Arabia is to help him win the 2013 elections, a Saudi source says.

A bright orange zinnia has blossomed aboard the International Space Station, marking a first in space. "First flower even grown in space makes...

Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra went on trial yesterday over a costly rice subsidy policy that could see her jailed for a decade, as the ruling junta seeks to ward off a political comeback by her family.

The Islamic State group issued a cryptic warning before multiple blasts hit the Indonesian capital Jakarta yesterday, killing at least sevenpeople, police said.

A "Paris-style" suicide strike on the Indonesian capital Thursday confirmed Southeast Asian governments' worst fears -- that citizens returning from fighting alongside the Islamic State group in the Middle East could launch attacks at home.

At least 15 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a polio vaccination centre in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta.

Scientists in the US make detailed 3D maps of the cavities carved by comet dust in blocks of foam carried by Nasa's Stardust spacecraft.

A collective role of international community is needed in addressing the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, said Foreign Minister

For decades, astronomers observe the space around black holes for the occasional flare of light, signaling that a cosmic feeding is underway.

Chief of People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti is chosen as the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hindu temples in southern India began turning away devotees wearing western clothes after a court order banning jeans and shorts as "inappropriate" for spiritual worship came into effect.

Families of those killed in an AirAsia plane crash in Indonesia demanded yesterday the airline apologise for negligence after a probe showed faulty equipment

Dozens of people were feared dead in Myanmar after a landslide hit a jade mining region, workers at a local mining firm said, the second such incident in just over a month.

The death toll from a ferry disaster in central Indonesia has climbed to 20, an official said yesterday, though nearly 60 people remain missing five days after

Thai authorities must step up witness protection for a major human trafficking trial with the accused including an army general and one investigator fleeing the country fearing for his life, activists said on Thursday as the first witnesses gave evidence. The case includes 88 defendants allegedly involved with lucrative smuggling gangs that were trafficking Rohingyas fleeing persecution in Myanmar, holding them for ransom in jungle camps before granting onward passage to Malaysia.

Rescuers scrabble through the aftermath of a huge three-day-old landslide discover two people alive in the mud as China's cabinet announced a probe into the country's latest industrial accident.