ANKARA – Turkish authorities ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state employees including police officers, soldiers and academics, in a decree published on Sunday.  The Official Gazette...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand –Rescue operation to evacuate 12 boys and their coach trapped in northern Thailand's cave has been underway since about 10:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, Chiang Rai...

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan –More than 30 militants have been killed and more than a dozen other were injured in Chamtal district of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province since Saturday, police spokesman in...

HIROSHIMA, Japan – The death toll from record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose Sunday to at least 57, officials said, as rescue workers and troops struggled in...

TOKYO – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Saturday that two days of talks with his North Korean counterpart on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal had been "very productive".  ...

BARI, Italy – Pope Francis on Saturday voiced concern that Christians will disappear from the Middle East amid "murderous indifference," as church leaders from Syria and Lebanon called on Western...

TEHRAN –Iran on Saturday accused US President Donald Trump of destabilising the oil market with his flurry of tweets taking aim at the OPEC cartel.  "These days... the...

TOKYO –Record rainfall devastated parts of Japan on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, as homes disappeared beneath floodwaters and landslides, and authorities ordered over 1.9 million evacuations.  The unprecedented...

BERLIN –Industrial production in Germany bounced back in May after slumping in April, official data showed Friday, as manufacturers in Europe's powerhouse economy appeared to brush aside global trade war...

WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left Washington on Thursday bound for Pyongyang and his latest round of talks with Kim Jong Un on North Korea's nuclear arsenal.Washington's...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan –Three militants including a Taliban senior commander were killed and four others injured in a car bomb in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, provincial government spokesman Attaullah...

ISLAMABAD –At least 14 people were killed and 19 others injured as torrential rains wreaked havoc in Pakistan's east Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, officials said.  The...

NEW DELHI –A powerful blast tore through a fireworks factory in southern India Wednesday, killing nine labourers who had just reported for work, police said.  The manufacturing unit...

JAKARTA –Rescuers have recovered 34 bodies and rescued 155 survivors after a ferry capsized in waters off central Indonesia, a rescuer said on Wednesday.  Spokesman of national search...

JAKARTA –Some 70 people are dead or missing after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, according to an updated official toll Wednesday, the latest deadly maritime accident...