SIMALUNGUN, Indonesia –Nearly 180 passengers are missing after a ferry sank into the depths of a volcanic lake in Indonesia, police said Wednesday, almost tripling initial estimates -- but the...

SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop spoken out on Wednesday about the United State's decision to turn their backs on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).  ...

ROME – At least 60 migrants died in the Mediterranean sea when their rubber dinghy sank last week, according to survivor testimonies gathered by a rights group in Sicily.  ...

BANGKOK –A total of 19,804 people have been reportedly infected by dengue, 21 of whom were dead from Jan. 1 until June 12 this year in Thailand, said a senior...

KABUL –More than 5.2 million Afghan refugees have returned to their militancy-plagued country over the past 16 years, said a statement of UN Refugee Agency, the UN High Commissioner for...

CANBERRA – Australia is set to lead the way with a world-first independent national investigation into sexual harassment in the workplace.  The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) will...

WASHINGTON –The United States withdrew from the United Nations HumanRights Council on Tuesday, condemning the "hypocrisy" of its members and its alleged "unrelenting bias" against Israel.  The US...

BEIJING –Kim Jong Un declared North Korea's unstinting "friendship, unity and cooperation" with Beijing during his third visit to China this year, in a show of loyalty to his main...

JERUSALEM –Israel declined to comment on Tuesday on a weekend air strike against an Iraqi paramilitary base in eastern Syria after its US ally implicated it in the attack.  ...

BEIJING –Beijing on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of "blackmail" and warned it would retaliate in kind after the US president threatened to impose fresh tariffs on Chinese goods, pushing the...

NEW DELHI – India's ruling party withdrew Tuesday from an alliance government in the disputed Kashmir region in what analysts described as an attempt to appear tough on militancy before...

SIMALUNGUN, Indonesia –Several hundred rescue personnel were searching for survivors Tuesday after a boat sank in Indonesia with about 80 people aboard, the national disaster agency said.  The...

WASHINGTON – US State Department said on Monday that State Secretary Mike Pompeo and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha have discussed next steps on the Korean Peninsula issue after...

KABUL –Extraordinary scenes of Afghan Taliban and security forces spontaneously celebrating a historic ceasefire showed many fighters on both sides are fed up with fighting, analysts say, raising hopes for...

BEIJING – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a two-day visit to Beijing, Chinese state media reported Tuesday, a week after his unprecedented summit with US President Donald...