A Chinese man has been caught cheating on 17 girlfriends at once has been arrested for fraud.

A tiger in one of India's most visited national parks has been branded a killer and caged in a zoo, sparking protests from wildlife activists who claim the tiger has been wrongly accused and unfairly condemned to live out his life in captivity.

Large blast hits Afghan government buildings in Kabul

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will repatriate the Bangladeshis rescued from boats in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

An Afghan judge sentences 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of Farkhunda in Kabul who was accused of burning a copy of the Quran.

Police have arrested more than 50 people as part of an investigation into suspected match-fixing in Italian football.

Philippines Justice Secretary Leila de Lima says her country is ready to shelter the “boatpeople” from Bangladesh and Myanmar should the migrants land on Philippine shores.

Boko Haram militants rape hundreds of women and girls in Nigeria as a deliberate strategy to dominate rural residents and possibly even create a new generation of Islamist militants.

Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai share honours as students registered all time high scores in the class X and XII results conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, led by a Kolkata boy who had a near-perfect 99.75 percent in the class XII exam.

UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM and SRSG calls upon leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to protect the trafficking victims now stranded at sea.

US President Barack Obama has just launched his own Twitter feed, the White House has confirmed.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says he expects an agreement with the country's international creditors within the next week.

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is pleaded not guilty in a brief hearing at the start of her trial on charges of negligence.

Egyptian security forces are using sexual violence against detainees on a massive scale, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

More than 50 people are killed in a landslide in Antioquia province in north-west Colombia, officials say.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen yesterday after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid.

Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen yesterday after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid.

Nine people were killed and 18 were injured on Sunday when a simmering feud among rival biker gangs boiled over at a sports bar in Waco, Texas, leading to a gun battle in the parking lot, police said.

President Barack Obama plans to put in place new restrictions on the use of military equipment by police departments, following unrest in US cities over the deaths of black men at the hands of police officers, the White House said yesterday.

Nepal's prime minister has appealed for $2 billion to rebuild his country, shattered by two massive earthquakes in three weeks that have killed thousands and devastated the impoverished nation's infrastructure.