Death toll in Sri Lanka's massive landslide tragedy rose to eight on Monday after two more bodies, including that of a child was recovered, an official said.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group executed 67 tribesmen in Iraq's western province of Anbar on Sunday, as part of mass killings in the past few days against a Sunni tribe which resisted the advance of the militant group, a provincial security source said.
British academics recently launched the country's biggest ever study into the impact of same-sex marriage on long-standing wedding traditions.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid honor to healthcare workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, calling them "heroes" deserving to be applauded rather than discouraged.
New software which offers scientists and researchers an easy way to analyse, model and visualise scientific datasets has been released by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization ( CSIRO), announced the top Australian research body on Wednesday.
President Xi Jinping has warned of serious problems in China's judicial system and promised to deal with judicial injustice in a document published in Beijing on Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated the people of Ukraine on holding "successful" parliamentary elections, the White House said on Monday.
Japanese researchers have developed a counterterrorism device that can quickly determine if the liquid inside a bottle or can is explosive or flammable, which could greatly speed up baggage inspections at airports, local media reported Monday.
A one-day strike enforced by a coalition of several Islamist parties demanding arrest and punishment of a sacked minister was observed peacefully in Bangladesh on Sunday.
With the domestic football season winding down in Kenya, cut-throat competition for honors opened a Pandora's Box that led to two matches aborting last weekend in Nairobi.
Vietnam is among countries worldwide having the highest number of school students using mobile phones, a local survey has revealed.
From beneath the crowded street in the Khair Khana district, Kabul can hear the sound of reading breaking out. A broken signboard of the Abtikar Training Center lies across the stairs leading to its underground classrooms.
A cafe has opened this week in the English city of Bristol, dishing up meals made from thrown-away supermarket food rescued from waste skips.
Taliban militants fighting Afghan security forces in their bid to regain power and re-establish their brutal brand of Islamic rule have changed their war tactics, officials and experts here said.
Soon, tribesman Gu Wenqiang will have to bid farewell to his herd of deer, leaving his small shack tucked away in the lush green forests of the Greater Khingan Range.
The Panamanian government will distribute 500,000 U.S.dollars in coupons to families in the country's poorest region to combat malnutrition, according to a government statement released Monday.
简体中文
