Sri Lankan rescue teams said Thursday they had recovered four drowned children killed in a flash flood, with four other ...

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te will stop over in Hawaii and the US territory of Guam during a trip to three Pacific island ...

China on Thursday dismissed media reports that defence minister Dong Jun is under investigation for corruption as "pure fabrications".

Mexico's Senate approved on Wednesday of constitutional reforms that would expand the use of mandatory pre-trial detention to cover more crimes,  legislation that has faced criticism from the United ...

Namibians were still voting early Thursday, hours after polls were scheduled to close in a presidential and legislative election set to test the ruling party's 34-year grip on power in the southern ...

Chinese defence minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, according to British newspaper the Financial Times.

A top Chinese military official has been removed from office and is suspected of "serious violations of discipline", Beijing ...

Icelanders head to the polls on November 30 after the collapse of a fraught coalition government prompted a snap election ...

"Bro, I can't wait for my first dead body," wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too ...

US president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to slap blistering new tariffs on Chinese goods in response to Beijing's alleged role in a deadly opioid epidemic in the United States.

Norwegian chapter will have its day in court Thursday, after it sued Norway for opening up its seabed to mining before performing sufficient impact studies.

Asian markets diverged Thursday as investors brushed off a negative lead from Wall Street while welcoming a drop in Treasury yields and data showing US inflation was holding steady.