A huge fire burned down three flats of Mingalazay market, one of the major markets in Myanmar's Yangon, early on Saturday.
The flow of Australians joining militant groups has reached "a plateau", the nation's domestic spy chief said Thursday (Dec 17), amid reports the intelligence agency has warned politicians to tone down criticism of Islam.
Hong Kong stocks slid on Monday, dragged down by gloomy global markets as negotiations between Greece and its creditors break down.
Tokyo shares inch down by break on concerns over Greece's default
U.S. stocks closed modestly lower after wavering between gains and losses on Tuesday, as Wall Street pondered over impacts of Greek debt crisis.
Roundup: U.S. stocks bounce back after 5-day losing streak
U.S. stocks accelerated dropping Wednesday, with major stock indices down over 1 percent, undermined by sliding crude prices which fell to fresh five-year lows.
Consumption showed zero improvement and investments dropped in recession-battered Italy in the third quarter of this year, national statistics institute Istat said on Monday, revising down growth of the Italian economy.
Canada's main stock market on Tuesday hit an eight-month low on lingering concerns over the global economy.
Ireland's economic growth is expected to be strong in 2014 and 2015, with its gross national product (GNP) forecast to grow by about 5 percent in each year, according to the latest analysis on Wednesday.
Recent reports about slowing global economic growth pulled the Australian sharemarket down on Wednesday.
U.S. stocks closed nearly flat after a volatile session Thursday, as cautious investors were awaiting the closely-watched nonfarm payroll report for September due on Friday.
Canada's main stock market on Monday lost ground as miners shares plunged on weak Chinese data.
Hong Kong stocks plunged 1.93 percent on Wednesday, the biggest drop since February, amid concerns that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates earlier than expected.
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has confirmed that UN helicopter which crashed in South Sudan last month killing three Russian crewmen was "shot down."
Japan's new imported car sales in August, including those made abroad by Japanese automakers, plunged 10.2 percent on year to 21,514 units, local media reported Thursday.