An Australian fisherman has hung onto his father's body, a portable cooler and an emergency beacon after a wave capsized their boat off Brisbane, Australian authorities have said on Monday.
Xu Jing's three weeks sojourn in Kenya's Turkana County was a transformational experience to the 21-year-old business graduates whose love for adventure is unrivalled.
Australian authorities believe a Bryde's whale that had been stranded in a reef lagoon off Cairns has made its own way back to open water.
Nigerian troops in northeast state of Borno had cleared two villages occupied by Boko Haram insurgents and rescued 59 abducted persons in anti-terrorist operation in Konduga area of the state, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it had put in place plan to create 1.2 million jobs for youths through Information technology (ICT) and Internet services.
Stock markets in the country rise by by nearly 8% before slipping back as Beijing attempts to prevent more massive losses.
Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Tuesday that a volcanic eruption had occurred at Mount Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture at some points between Monday night and Tuesday morning and warned of the possibility of bigger eruptions being set off in the vicinity.
South Korea on Friday reported one more death from infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and one more contagion, bringing the death toll to 24 and the total contagion cases to 166.
Christian Lindmeier, the spokesperson of the World Health Organization (WHO) reaffirmed Tuesday that sustained human-to-human transmission and community transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in South Korea had not yet been observed.
Reconstruction of the regions in northeastern Japan, which were struck four years ago by a devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunami, remains slow.
At least five people including the suicide bomber had been killed and 24 others injured in a deadly suicide car bomb that rocked Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.
Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo was summoned by the prosecution Thursday for questioning on suspicions that he was involved in a bribery scandal two years ago.
The United States on Wednesday urged all parties in Burundi to end violence and exercise restraint amid a reported coup attempt, threatening targeted sanctions on those involved in widespread violence against civilians.
Burundi plunged into chaos on Wednesday as the Burundi presidency said an attempted coup attempt had "failed," following an army general's claim that the president had been sacked and a transitional government was being discussed.
No charges will be filed against the police officer involved in the shooting death of unarmed 19- year-old Tony Robinson in Madison in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, said District Attorney Ismael Ozanne at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
Looted Cambodian ancient statue returns home after over 3 decades in U.S. museum
An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced Bollywood actor Salman Khan to five years in jail for running over pavement dwellers with his car in Mumbai nearly 13 years back.
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