An extremely premature Polish infant weighing just 820 grammes (1.8 pounds) becomes the world's smallest and youngest patient to escape death thanks to an artificial kidney, according to the doctor who oversaw the treatment.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announces his nation will adopt a "no jab, no pay" policy to block parents who refuse to vaccinate their children from accessing some government benefits.

A temporary security lockdown at the US Capitol comes to an end after a man shot himself dead in front of the complex on Saturday, police said.

Supporters of jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed hold an underwater protest to push for the release of the tropical archipelago's first democratically elected leader.

Maoist rebels yesterday killed seven policemen and wounded at least 10 others in an ambush in a remote part of central India, security

"The days in which our agenda in this hemisphere so often presumed that the United States could meddle with impunity, those days are past."

Federal agents snared an alleged would-be suicide bomber with Islamic State sympathies who was bent on attacking a major US military

India's prime minister announced Friday that New Delhi had ordered 36 Rafale fighter jets from France in a multi-billion-euro

India yesterday asked Pakistan to file a fresh appeal against the release of Mumbai attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

Labour will draw with the Conservatives for the number of votes received at next month's general election, according to a new poll.

A Cairo court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 11 other defendants yesterday, and a

Pakistani lawmakers urging the government to remain neutral on the escalating crisis in Yemen has evoked a strong response from

A 47-year-old Tibetan nun is believed to have died after setting herself on fire to protest China's rule over the Himalayan region and to

Jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has announced a high-profile international legal team, including prominent rights

Nigerians were voting yesterday to choose new state governors and local assemblies, with the main opposition party tipped to build on

A car bomb on the Thai resort island of Samui has wounded seven people, including an Italian girl, police said yesterday, in a further

Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank

20 workers accused of working on an army-backed dam construction site in the south-western Pakistani province of Balochistan have been shot dead by a large group of gunmen

An Egyptian court confirms the death sentence on Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 13 others for planning attacks against the state.

Germany plans to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service in what is widely seen as a response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.