A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck China's far western region of Xinjiang yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, with three

At least 17 die in Pakistan after a train carrying hundreds of army personnel derails from a bridge and plunges into a canal.

Two former Khmer Rouge leaders yesterday began appeal hearings against landmark convictions for crimes against humanity last year

The pilot flying a TransAsia Airways (6702.TW) ATR mistakenly switched off the plane's only working engine seconds before it crashed in February, killing 43

A ferry loaded with nearly 200 people capsized off a central Philippine port on yesterday, officials said, killing at least 38 people in the

A ferry loaded with nearly 200 people capsized off a central Philippine port on yesterday, officials said, killing at least 38 people in the

China yesterday welcomed the re-establishment of formal ties between the US and Cuba, despite the move representing a reconciliation between Beijing's

An Afghan appeals court quashes death sentences imposed on four men for their part in the mob killing of a young woman in Kabul in March.

The Islamic State group beheads two women in Syria on accusations of "sorcery," the first such executions of female civilians in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Witnesses described the scene at a Taiwan water park as "hell" after a ball of fire ripped through a crowd, with authorities putting the

An ITI aspirant is in utter shock after finding a dog’s photo on his admit card, reports the Times of India.

The death toll from a suicide attack on a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Kuwaiti capital rises to at least 25, the interior ministry says.

Islamic State (IS) militants kills more than 120 civilians since launching a fresh attack on the Syrian border town of Kobane, activists say.

Heavy rains have been battering the worst-affected Saurashtra region, where more than 50 people dies in flood-related incidents.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth, aged about 23, from the River Jamuna at Delua Madhyapara in Belkuchi upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. Officer-

Almost half a billion dollars worth of smuggled frozen meat -- some of it rotting and more than 40 years old -- has been seized in China, reports say.

China has blocked India's move in the UN demanding action against Pakistan over release of Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in violation of a resolution of the world body as it contended that India provided insufficient information.

East Asian neighbours South Korea and Japan marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties yesterday with a push to mend relations

Pakistan orders the temporary suspension of the death penalty during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

South Korea's ruling party-controlled legislation on Thursday approved President Park Geun-hye's choice for prime minster, ending a lengthy merry-go-round at the country's