Pakistan yesterday carried out its 100th execution since lifting a moratorium on the death penalty last December, in what rights group

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir was re-elected with more than 94 percent of the vote, results showed Monday, despite international war

Huthi rebels and their allies advanced in the heart of Yemen's second city Aden in heavy fighting that killed at least 20 people, medical and security sources said yesterday.

Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to the Sunni Muslim militant group Islamic State, including at least 65 Saudi

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress yesterday scored landslide victory in civic body polls, sweeping back to power in Kolkata and

At least 52 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a landslide swept through a village in Afghanistan's remote

Baltimore residents yesterday began to clear the wreckage of rioting and fires that erupted after the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died in police custody, while the city's mayor defended local law enforcement's light initial response.

Around 250 people are feared missing yesterday after an avalanche hit an area of Nepal that is on a popular trekking route and near the epicentre of a devastating earthquake, a local official said.

United States and Japan sought to reinvigorate their 70-year-old alliance in the face of China's ever-increasing clout yesterday, as President Barack Obama welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House.

At a 12-bed hospital deep in Nepal's Himalayan mountains, Indian Air Force helicopters bring in the casualties of a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 5,000: injured men, women and children plucked from hilltops and inaccessible valleys.

A part of India slid about one foot to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal in a matter of seconds during the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the neighbouring country on Saturday, a US scientist has said.

Sri Lanka's parliament voted overwhelmingly yesterday to curb the power of the presidency, restoring a two-term limit and reviving independent bodies to manage key institutions such as the police and the judiciary.

Nine drug traffickers held emotional farewell meetings with their families at an Indonesian prison yesterday, after Jakarta rejected last-

Indonesia executed seven foreign drug convicts including two Australians by firing squad but a Filipina was spared at the 11th hour, local reports said.

Nepal is "on a war footing" as it tries to help survivors following Saturday's earthquake, its prime minister says.

The US city of Baltimore declares a state of emergency amid violent protests over the death of a black man fatally injured in police custody.

Nine out of 10 Nepalese troops are said to be involved in search and rescue operations, as the country pleads for more foreign aid to deal with a massive earthquake that killed 4,000 people.

Opening statements will finally begin yesterday in the long-awaited trial of James Holmes, the allegedly crazed gunman accused of

Australia urged Indonesia yesterday to delay the execution of two men for drug offences until a corruption probe into their case is

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday accepted the resignation of her prime minister over a widening bribery scandal that has