Lt-General Manas Khongpaen, a special adviser in the Thai Army, yesterday was hit with a total of 13 charges over his alleged role as

At least 90 people were killed in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, as they sought shelter from heavy rains that caused

President Petro Poroshenko yesterday told MPs the military must prepare to defend against a possible "full-scale invasion" from Russia

At least 20 troops were killed in a rebel ambush in a restive part of northeast India yesterday, police said, calling it one of the worst such

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak must stand trial for a third time over the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the popular

Myanmar yesterday said that persecution of its Rohingya Muslim population was not the cause of Southeast Asia's migrant crisis, a day

Rescuers have pulled dozens of bodies from a capsized cruise ship in China's Yangtze River, as authorities promised "no cover-up" over

The chief of al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate described the rival Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate as "illegitimate", in an interview

South Korea yesterday reported its third death from an outbreak of the MERS virus that has infected dozens of people, seen hundreds of

The inaugural run of the historic Kolkata Dhaka Agartala bus route turns nightmarish when the bus could not even trundle out of Nabanna from where Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee was to flag it off in the presence of the deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh Zokey Ahad.

Myanmar officials says most of the 700 migrants found adrift on its waters a week ago identified themselves as Bangladeshi, after they were driven to a camp near the border.

Heavily armed rebels in India's restive northeast kills 20 troops in Guwahati, which is one of the area's worst such attacks in years.

Thai army officer faces 13 charges over his alleged role as the ringleader of a major trafficking operation in southern Thailand of the Rohingya and other migrants while a court rejected his bail plea.

More than 90 people dies in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, the fire service says.

Once a soccer minnow, the Middle East has emerged as one of the sport's most powerful blocs during Sepp Blatter's 17-year reign at FIFA and is likely to have a big say in who will replace him.

A rat's forelimb has been grown in the lab from living cells. It may go down in history as the first step to creating real, biologically functional limbs for amputees.

Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders says he will show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a TV slot allocated to his party.

Relatives of some of the nearly 400 people missing after a cruise ship capsized on China's Yangtze River have staged a protest near the sinking site.

Armed forces chief will meet with inspector-general of police to discuss how military can play a bigger role in border security, Malaysian defence minister says.

Libya's ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that his government is refusing to give its consent for UN action aimed at