A fire at one of India’s largest military ammunition depots on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and injured scores more, officials said, as footage showed flames lighting up the night sky.
Wildlife officials in Thailand have begun removing some of the 137 tigers held at a Buddhist temple following accusations that the monks were involved in illegal breeding and trafficking of the animals.
Groups of residents from remote mountainous areas in Japan and Taiwan planned to work together on projects to lure tourists by promoting local ghost stories, those involved on the Japanese side said.
Indonesian activist Adlun Fiqri could be jailed for wearing a T-shirt allegedly bearing a leftist logo, one of many caught up in a backlash against efforts to shine a light on military-backed, anti-communist massacres half a century ago.
When Swiss engineer Carl Eduard Gruner came up with the idea to build the world's longest rail tunnel under the Alps in 1947, he predicted the visionary project could be finished by the start of the 21st century.
Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set the stage for a bitter fall campaign.
A group representing Korean victims of the US atomic bombings of Japan protested on Thursday that their suffering was being neglected ahead of President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima.
The global financial crisis may have caused an additional 500,000 cancer deaths from 2008-2010, a new study said Thursday (May 26), with patients locked out of treatment because of unemployment and healthcare cuts.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi marks his second year in office today, India's economy is in a sweet spot , his personal approval ratings remain high and a recent win in Assam state elections has re-invigorated his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Yet analysts say that while there have been hits by Mr Modi and his government, there are also some misses.
Survivors of the American nuclear bombing of Hiroshima will be present when US President Barack Obama lays a wreath at ground zero this week, reports said on Wednesday (May 25).
At least 11 people died in a landslide in a remote jade mining region of northern Myanmar with many more feared missing, authorities said Tuesday (May 24), in the latest deadly incident to hit the shadowy industry.
The latest Captain America film stayed atop the North American box office over the weekend, according to preliminary industry figures on Sunday (May 15).
Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte vowed Sunday (May 15) to reintroduce capital punishment and give security forces "shoot-to-kill" orders in a devastating war on crime.
Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte is planning to visit the Vatican to make a personal apology to the pope for calling him a "son of a whore", the politician's spokesman said on Thursday (May 12).
US-trained Philippine Army troops arrive in Jolo island for deployment against Abu Sayyaf rebels on August 24, 2002, as part of a government campaign that over decades has weakened but not eliminated the movement (AFP Photo/Romeo Gacad)More
Women from eastern Myanmar’s Kayan tribe wearing rings that stretch their necks have long been a tourist draw in Thailand, but some are going home in hope of profiting from more ethical tourism
Rapper Kanye West made history on Sunday as the creator of the first album to reach number one in the United States mostly through streaming.
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