Crowded Japan has got a little bit roomier after a 300-metre (1,000-foot) strip of land emerged from the sea and attached itself to the coast, experts said yesterday.

Ukraine pressed European leaders yesterday to send peacekeepers to stabilise the war-torn east, as monitors reported a surge in shelling near a strategic government-held city.

The United States yesterday voiced alarm over rare clashes between the Myanmar military and insurgents in Rakhine state believed to have caused hundreds of civilians to flee their homes.

A coalition of Arab states vowed to coordinate political and military efforts to restore order in Yemen as Saudi-led warplanes yesterday launched new air strikes on Shiite Huthi rebels.

Stephen Hawking, argued to be the most intelligent man on the planet, thinks that Ed Miliband is the best person to be Prime Minister.

Sri Lanka's government yesterday unveiled a bill that will restore a two-term limit for presidents and ensure the independence of the

The acting chief executive of the Clinton Foundation is acknowledging the global philanthropy made mistakes in how it disclosed its

Humanitarian agencies said yesterday they were preparing a large-scale aid operation to earthquake-ravaged Nepal, with more relief planes arriving in the coming hours.

As emergency teams reach the areas around the epicentre of the Nepal earthquake, many are warning of scenes of complete devastation. Aid groups say the damage could be far worse in rural areas than in the capital.

The news daily Mashable compiled a list of agencies that are providing help to the deadly earthquake victims in Nepal which killed thousands so far.

Russian hackers who gained access to the White House computer system last year are able to read President Obama's unclassified emails, the New York Times has reported.

More than 1,000 protesters march in Baltimore over the death of a black man in police custody a week ago.

Dan Fredinburg, a Google Inc executive based in California, among those killed yesterday in an avalanche on Mount Everest caused by a devastating earthquake in Nepal.

Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and its allies seized the last major government-held city in Idlib province yesterday, in a blow that could

The United States has asked for access to Philippine military bases in eight locations to rotate troops, aircraft, and ships as Washington shifts its forces to Asia and as China expands its military presence in the South China Sea.

Fierce fighting raged yesterday in south Yemen between Iran-backed rebels and loyalists of exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi,

The intensity of tremors that have hit Nepal can be gauged by the fact that after the massive 7.8/9 magnitude first one, it has had 18

At least 12 people, including an 83-year-old woman, were killed in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region yesterday after a

Nepal's 19th-century nine-storey Dharahara tower in the heart of the capital on Saturday became a burial ground for hundreds of visitors

Climbers on the world's highest mountain pleaded for help yesterday after a massive earthquake triggered an avalanche at Everest base camp, killing at least 10 people and sparking panic.