At least 25 policemen were killed and three others wounded in an attack by militants targeting two buses in Egypt's North Sinai, a security official told Xinhua on Monday.
Train services broke down in south China over the weekend, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at rail stations, angry with the rail company's inability to provide prompt information.
Two former JPMorgan Chase & Co. traders were charged Wednesday over last year's "London Whale" scandal, which cost the bank 6.2 billion dollars, Federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
At least 421 people were killed and 3,572 others injured across Egypt in clashes between supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and the security troops, after the latter dispersed Wednesday two pro-Morsi sit-ins in the country, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
At least one person was confirmed dead and five others missing as Typhoon Utor churned through south China on Wednesday bringing high winds and torrential rain.
Leftist rebels have kidnapped a government soldier in southern Philippines, the military said on Thursday.
New Zealand's dairy giant Fonterra as been fined about 729,000 U.S. dollars by Chinese authorities for fixing the price of its consumer dairy products
Residents evacuated from toxic leaks of a train derailment accident in the U.S. state of Louisiana will be able to return home Thursday morning, authorities said.
Former Thai leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy Suthep Thuagsuban will be officially charged for alleged involvement in the killing of several unarmed people during 2010's army crackdowns on Red Shirt protesters in the Thai capital, according to a high-level government official on Tuesday.
At least 11 children were killed and 24 others injured when a blast hit a football ground in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi early Wednesday morning, reported local Urdu TV channel Geo.
An Istanbul court passed judgments on nearly 300 suspects accused of plotting to topple the ruling government in a battleground case as a part of the decade-long conflict between Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's secularist establishment.
The UN Security Council on Monday condemned a deadly attack near the Indian consulate in an eastern Afghan city over the weekend, which killed 12 people and wounded 24 others.
Maritime officials said Monday that they would end the search operations for more than 30 Indonesians missing in Malaysian waters as there is little chance to find any survivors.
The death toll has risen to six with one still missing so far in flash flood triggered by heavy rain and risen rivers in some townships in southeast Myanmar's Kayin state since July 27, said a latest release of the government's Information Team published Tuesday.
At least 25 people were killed and 11 others were injured in a coach accident that occurred Sunday evening in southern Italy, local media reported.
Seven people, including a senior police official, were killed Sunday evening in a bomb attack in southern Afghan province of Zabul, the latest in a series of targeted killing in the country, an official said.
Two rockets were fired towards southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, no casualties or damages were reported yet, police sources confirmed to Xinhua.
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