At least 13 people have been killed by a tornado that hit the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Acuna.

A fire at a nursing home in China's Henan province kills 38 people, state media report.Another six people are injured in the fire, which broke out at the privately run Kangleyuan home in Pingdingshan.

Indonesia expects Bangladeshi migrants who landed on its shores to be sent home in weeks once necessary documentation is done, an immigration official says.

The kidnapped son of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani called his father on Sunday after two years in captivity and told him he was well.

At least 500 people are reported to have died in a heatwave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to eight months in prison for corruption yesterday, the latest legal blow in a spectacular fall from grace.

Life is hard in dry villages, like Denganmal, 150 km from Mumbai. Husbands are busy farming and tending to the animals, while the

A "massive" spurt in human trafficking instances in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Nepal has prompted security agencies to issue an alert along the open India-Nepal border.

One month after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal, the country's finance minister yesterday called for more direct aid funding.

Iran accused United States of doing nothing to help Iraq's army battle jihadists in Ramadi, as Iraq yesterday rejected accusations by the US defence chief that its security forces dodged the battle and lack the will to fight the Islamic State group.

Three people were killed and four others injured when Baluch separatists targeted a convoy carrying the Pakistani president's son in the

A "strike hard" campaign against what China calls terrorism in the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang and beyond has seen 181 gangs

A Tunisian soldier the authorities say had psychological problems seized a gun at a barracks yesterday and killed seven comrades before

Rebel forces and loyalist fighters were locked in fierce fighting in Yemen yesterday as hopes of a political solution faded after the United Nations postponed peace talks.

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon calls for "global action" this year to limit climate change as international weather experts began a quadrennial congress in Geneva.

At least 500 people are reported to have died in a heatwave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison for fraud and breach of trust.

A rare bird may become extinct in Syria because of the capture of Palmyra by Islamic State, experts say.

Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shakes Tokyo and surrounding areas, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.

More than 350 people are reported to have died in a heat wave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.