Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak have killed 26 people and 23 more are missing in the eastern

A Sydney-based "loyal agent of North Korea" has been charged with trying to sell missile parts and technology on

British Prime Minister Theresa May has hit back at critics of her handling of Brexit, writing in the Sunday Telegraph that

Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, serenaded Pope Francis on his 81st birthday on Sunday, as the

If you are a smoker then people will find you less attractive, that’s what a study says. Non-smokers are proved to be more attractive than smokers as proofs of negative impact of smoking on facial appearances, say researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar's Rakhine state and other communities in the violence-racked region are

The world's newest island -- formed during a volcanic eruption in the remote Pacific three years ago -- may offer clues

Former UN chiefs Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon have lashed out at the state of global leadership in the age of Donald Trump, warning a nuclear war could be triggered by accident.

Russia will keep a naval and an air base in Syria capable of carrying out strikes against "terrorists" if required after a

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro announced Sunday that leading opposition parties will be barred from taking

President Vladimir Putin ordered "a significant part" of Russia's military contingent in Syria to start withdrawing

Germany's intelligence service has published the details of social network profiles which it says are fronts faked by

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Paris on a three-day official visit to attend ‘One Planet Summit’.

Pope Francis yesterday renewed a call for "wisdom and prudence" over the controversial US decision to recognise Jerusalem as

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday described Israel as a "terrorist state" and vowed to use "all means to

The Syrian government's delegation returned to Geneva yesterday for the resumption of talks focusing on

Two senior executives at French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim, including its former CEO, were charged on Friday

The European Union has said free, fair and inclusive elections in the period ahead, in accordance with international standards for democratic elections, will contribute to creating a more prosperous Bangladesh.

The EU took the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to the bloc's top court yesterday over their refusal to accept quotas for asylum-seekers, setting up a new clash between Brussels and key eastern states.

Russian air strikes killed 21 civilians early yesterday in a village held by the Islamic State group near the Euphrates