NEW DELHI –At least nine people were killed due to floods in India's northeastern state of Assam, officials said Monday.  "Nine people lost their lives so far in the...

BEIRUT – Nearly 40 foreign fighters allied to Syria's regime were killed in an overnight bombing raid near the country's eastern border with Iraq, a monitor said on Monday.  ...

CARACAS –At least 17 people were killed in a stampede at a nightclub in capital Caracas on Saturday morning after the explosion of a tear gas bomb, Venezuela's interior minister...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan –At least 26 people were killed after a suicide car bombing struck a crowd celebrating ceasefire during Eid festival in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar on Saturday, a...

SANAA –The UN envoy for Yemen was in rebel-controlled capital Sanaa for a second day Sunday to hold emergency talks over the key aid port of Hodeida, where a regional...

BANGKOK –Thailand's king has been granted full ownership of the palace's multi-billion dollar assets under a law passed last year, according to a rare "explanatory note" published by the financial...

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to jointly overcome their mutual distrust, as he confirmed ongoing efforts to arrange...

TOKYO –Bank of Japan head Haruhiko Kuroda defended its decision to press ahead with the country's ultra-loose monetary policy Friday, even as the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank...

UNITED NATIONS – Strong winds and torrential monsoon rains are threatening the health and safety of thousands of children in Rohingya refugee camps and makeshift settlements in the Cox's Bar...

NEW DELHI –At least 11 people have been killed and thousands displaced in heavy rains and floods in northeastern India in the past four days, officials said Friday.These deaths were...

TRIPOLI –The U.S. forces said an airstrike has been carried out targeting the militant group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) southeast of the Libyan town of Bani Walid.  ...

DAMASCUS –Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended a mosque in the country's west on Friday for prayers marking the end of Ramadan, in a rare appearance outside Damascus, images on his...

BEIJING –Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Neill will pay a visit to China from June 20 to 26, as agreed by the two sides, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson...

SRINAGAR, India –Thousands of mourners gathered Friday for the funeral of a veteran journalist shot dead by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike outside his office in the main city of...

AL DURAIHIMI, Yemen –Heavy clashes killed 39 combatants outside Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida on Thursday, as a Saudi and UAE-backed offensive to retake the key aid hub entered...