Heavy snowfall severely disrupted transportation services in Tokyo Friday with snow-related fatalities also recorded in parts of central and southwestern Japan as the Japan Meteorological Agency warns that both eastern and western parts of the country should also brace for heavy snow again this weekend.
Greek state health authorities warned of a flu outbreak on Wednesday after recording 18 deaths out of more than 70 patients hospitalized with complications since the start of winter.
A military transport aircraft belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashed Tuesday in the country 's eastern Oum El Bouaghi province, killing 103 people, local media said.
A total of 48 people were killed and 119 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, mostly in the capital city of Baghdad, officials and police said.
The United States on Wednesday urged all groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) to "break the cycle of violent retribution" to lead the country out of sectarian violence.
The upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics is inspiring Chinese tourists to look for sporting fun in the Russian city despite the traditional winter low season for tourism to Russia.
At least five people were killed and 31 others injured on Sunday night when a hand grenade attack targeted a cinema in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said.
suicide car bombing has hit a gas station in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa town of Hermel, leaving at least four people dead and 20 others wounded, caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel told local LBCI TV Saturday.
Thailand's general election kicked off at 8 a.m. local time Sunday, amid concerns of possible violence and bloodshed due to disruption from anti-government protesters.
A man shot dead six people and wounded three others at a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday afternoon, local police said on Friday.
A man shot dead six people and wounded three others at a village in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday afternoon, local police said on Friday.
At least 10 people were killed, eight others injured and three missing after armed attackers fired indiscriminately at a village in a remote forested area in the northeastern Indian state of Assam Wednesday evening, said local media.
China, South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent visit to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine at a UN Security Council open debate on Wednesday.
The Egyptian Supreme Council for Armed Forces on Monday urged Defense Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, also the army chief, to run for president in respect of the people 's demand.
China will wage a war against poverty with a stronger resolve and prevent it from afflicting future generations, Premier Li Keqiang has said.
Three people died and five were injured Saturday morning in a shooting that occurred in a shopping mall in Columbia of the U.S. state of Maryland, local police said.
A group of masked gunmen forced a train to stop north of the Egyptian capital of Cairo but ran away before carrying out any attack upon the arrival of security forces, official news agency MENA reported.
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