The worst cold snap in years disrupted travel plans of some Chinese as millions embarked on journeys home on Sunday, the first day of the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush.
One person was killed, 22 others injured and more than 200 houses damaged after a shallow quake hit Maluku province in eastern Indonesia on Sunday, spokesman of the national disaster agency said on Monday.
Organizers and runners planning to take part in Sunday's 20th Standard Chartered Marathon are bracing for the worst as Hong Kong may be deluged by heavy rain over the weekend.
German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung apologized on Sunday to its readers for an illustration to the Cologne assaults on the front page of the weekend edition.
Saturday is the seventh day since the landslide, and the mourning ritual was held in line with the Chinese tradition.
China has increased its terrorism-alert level to cover the whole country, following the fatal attacks in Paris, France, last Friday.
Nepal has received 73.5 metric tons of petrol in the first batch of Chinese delivery, a Nepali official said on Sunday.
Egyptian and international investigators on Sunday have begun probing the reasons of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, state media reported.
A multinational effort to fight forest fires in Indonesia began on Sunday (Oct 11) as Singapore joined forces with other countries to help douse fires in South Sumatra.
Since landing on South China's Guangdong Province Sunday, typhoon Mujigae has left at least seven people dead and 223 injured.
Refugees continued to arrive in Croatia although it closed all but one of its border crossings with Serbia.
The government of Nepal has tightened up security in capital Kathmandu and Constituent Assembly premise as the country is all set to promulgate its new constitution Sunday evening.
Ahead of Beijing's activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of World War II, hundreds of young people and veterans participated in parades on Sunday in Hong Kong to mark the V-Day and commemorate those who fell during the conflict.
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Monday condemned Sunday's air raids on a market place in Douma, located northeast of Damascus.
Ahead of his two-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Gulf state and India were "top priority for each other" and the rise of Dubai as a global economic and trade hub was "remarkable and visionary."
A state of emergency has been declared for the city of Ferguson on Monday following gun battle between police and protesters Sunday night marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death.
Chinese civil aviation watchdog asked local branches to conduct safety checks on medium-size, small and new airports after a passenger caused chaos on a flight on Sunday.
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