The international police agency Interpol said on Thursday that it has received a global alert request by Ukrainian authorities for the arrest of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The outbreak of the flu in Greece has reached alarming levels with fatalities rising to 79 this winter, according to the latest data released on Wednesday.
Five people were killed and 30 others injured in a fire that broke out in a bus on Thursday afternoon in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local firefighters told Xinhua.
The smog covering northern China has not only had an impact on people's lives, but awakened the creativity of individuals who want cleaner air.
The crash of a government-owned plane on Sunday that killed all 18 aboard is another dark chapter in Nepal's notorious aviation history prompting some well-meaning Nepalis to call for more rigid regulations to ensure air safety in the Himalayan country.
More than 400 students in east China's Zhejiang Province have been infected with norovirus, a common cause of viral gastroenteritis, local authorities said Wednesday.
Jacques Chirac, who served as the French president from 1995 to 2007, has been admitted to a hospital near Paris, local media reported Monday.
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.
Suspicious packages delivered to British army career offices bear "the hallmarks of Northern Ireland related terrorism," a spokesman for the British Prime Minister's Office has said.
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore reported two separate incidents of ship collisions near the island of Singapore on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, both resulting in some spillage of bunker fuel from container ships.
Three luxury yachts have been destroyed in an early morning fire at a Gold Coast marina, local media reported on Wednesday.
A bushfire in Perth's City of Swan in Western Australia has been brought under control, the state fire authority said on Friday.
Russia remains a major player in the peace process between Palestine and Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that its trade official kidnapped in Libya was safe up to now, vowing its all-out efforts to bring him home as early as possible.
A severe 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked central New Zealand Monday.
At least three persons were killed and more than 20 others injured in a stampede which broke out during celebrations of a Hindu festival in the eastern Indian state of Bihar in the early hours of Wednesday, a senior police officer said.
At least 27 homes have been destroyed in a devastating blaze in the Perth Hills area of Western Australia, local media reported on Monday.
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