Afghanistan presidential election preliminary results show the poll will go to a second round, after no candidate reached the 50%…
Five NATO soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led security mission ISAF has said.…
The G7 powers have agreed to impose fresh sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. A G7 statement gave…
South Korean authorities have arrested all 15 crew members involved in the navigation of the ill-fated Sewol passenger ferry. They…
Brazilian former army colonel Paulo Malhaes, who admitted torturing and killing political prisoners under military rule up to the 1980s,…
South Korean rescue teams found 48 bodies in a single cabin on the Sewol ferry meant to accommodate 38 people,…
North Korea announced on Friday it had detained 24-year-old American tourist Miller Matthew Todd earlier in April for what it…
Fifty-eight people have been killed and hundreds of villagers left stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan, officials say.…
A Virgin Australia passenger who caused a hijack scare on a flight from Australia to Indonesia has been arrested at…
Russia and the US have accused each other of failing to ease tensions in Ukraine after Kiev launched raids on…