Yemen urges the UN to authorise use of foreign ground forces to drive back Houthi rebels, specifically in the cities of Aden and Taiz.

Cambodia's royal oxen refused to eat any rice grain yesterday during an ancient ritual to predict the country's agricultural fortunes,

Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent

German police yesterday arrested four people accused of belonging to a far-right "terror" organisation that acquired explosives for

More than 200,000 people are killed on China's notoriously dangerous roads every year, the World Health Organisation said yesterday--

At least 16 members of the Syrian Kurdish security forces were killed yesterday in an Islamic State group attack on a base in the

Ukraine yesterday said that five Ukrainian soldiers were killed as fresh clashes rumbled on despite the resumption of talks between the

Cuban President Raul Castro yesterday began a series of meetings with Russian leaders during a symbolic visit to Havana's Cold War ally

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition struck Yemeni provinces near the Saudi border overnight, killing at least 43 civilians, Houthi sources

Human traffickers could try to target vulnerable women and children displaced by a devastating earthquake in Nepal, campaigners

Four Afghan men were sentenced to death yesterday for the savage lynching of a woman falsely accused of blasphemy, a landmark

Britain's political leaders entered the final hours of campaigning yesterday in the most unpredictable election in living memory which could yield no clear winner and weeks of haggling over the next government. A win for Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives today would raise the risk of Britain exiting the European Union because he has promised a referendum on leaving the EU by 2017.

The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight deliberately crashed the plane into the French Alps after "rehearsing" the descent on an

A Japanese zoo apologises after naming a baby monkey Charlotte in honour of the newborn British princess.

Party leaders and candidates are making a last-ditch pitch for votes on the final day of campaigning before the general election polls open.

Bihar's conjoined twins Saba and Farah who are 'Rakhi-sisters' of Bollywood actor Salman Khan begins a fast to express their solidarity with the actor who is sentenced to five years' jail in a 2002 hit-and-run case.

Four Afghan men is sentenced to death over a mob attack in which a woman was beaten to death after being falsely accused of burning the Quran.

The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane which crashed in the French Alps in March may have practised a rapid descent on a previous flight, the German newspaper Bild has said.

The Bollywood family stands by Salman offering support and consolation after the superstar was placed to 5 years in jail in a hit-and-run case.

The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, targeted in a deadly attack earlier this year by Islamist gunmen, was honored at a New York gala under heavy security, organizers said.