A south Florida man is suing a hospital for emotional distress, saying his leg was amputated and thrown in the garbage with his name tag still on it.

UN says armed groups in Central African Republic agrees to release all the children working with them and end child recruitment

Dozens of migrants drown in the Mediterranean after a boat sinks south of Italy's island of Sicily, the Save the Children aid group says.

At least nine people dies in an explosion at a fireworks factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police say.

A senior police officer in the southern Indian state of Kerala gets orders to go on leave after he is allegedly caught cheating in a law exam.

Islamic State (IS) has said that it was responsible for the attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in the US state of Texas.

Illegal Bangladeshi migrants wishing to leave Oman under general amnesty to be provided special airfare, Bangladesh Biman officials in Oman says.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brass met at the residence of party chief Amit Shah to discuss matters related to Assam, including the contentious Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station reveals they celebrated Star Wars Day by screening one of the sci-fi movies.

The United States, which censures Thailand for failing to act against human trafficking, called on Monday for speedy and credible inquiry into discovery of a mass grave containing more than two dozen bodies thought to be of ethnic migrants.

An Australian government inquiry is to investigate labour exploitation following revelations of widespread abuse of foreign workers.

Fresh efforts to revive peace talks on Syria is due to begin in Geneva.

One of two gunmen shot dead at an event in Texas exhibiting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad has been a terror suspect, court documents show.

Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, has announced that she is running for the Republican nomination for US

Qatar yesterday signed a multi-billion-euro deal with French defence group Dassault to buy 24 Rafale fighter jets, in a ceremony attended

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia this week to attend World War II anniversary commemorations, Beijing's foreign ministry

Baltimore lifted a curfew Sunday that was imposed across the US East Coast city following widespread riots, as thousands of National Guard troops began to pull out.

Taliban representatives met with Afghan political figures for a second day in Qatar yesterday, and one participant said the two sides discussed a possible ceasefire but ultimately disagreed over the continued presence of US troops in the country.

Saudi Arabia is considering temporary halts in coalition air strikes against rebels in Yemen to allow for aid deliveries, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said yesterday.

US military helicopters yesterday began reconnaissance trips to assess remote areas of Nepal devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 7,300 people, an official said.