At least 20 migrants trying to reach Europe drowned yesterday in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, a Reuters

Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded yesterday as the

Emma Morano, an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th

Governor of Leningrad in Russia Oblast Alexander Drozdenko expresses his interest in recruiting skilled manpower specially doctors from Bangladesh.

Turkey's top politicians yesterday made a final effort to sway undecided voters in a frenetic end to a bitterly-contested campaign in

Rescue vessels in the Mediterranean worked flat out Friday to rescue over 2,000 people from flimsy dinghies as exhausted saviours

High levels of magnesium in the blood reduce the risk of fractures by 44 percent, according to a new study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology. The study followed 2,245 men aged between 42 and 61 over a 20-year period.

The European Court of Human Rights yesterday ruled there were "serious failings" in Russia's handling of the Beslan school siege by

UN chief Antonio Guterres has named a German with extensive experience at the world organization, Achim Steiner, as the new

Iran's hardline ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad submitted his name yesterday for registration as a candidate for

Taiwan has banned the eating of dogs and cats, lawmakers said yesterday, as pressure grows to improve animal

German investigators yesterday detained an Islamist suspect over three explosions that rocked Borussia Dortmund's

Suspected Stockholm truck attacker Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek and jihadist sympathiser, yesterday admitted to committing a

Norwegian police yesterday said they had destroyed a suspect "bomb-like" device in the capital Oslo and made one arrest, on the heels

The suspected Stockholm truck attacker had shown interest in extremist groups and was facing deportation after being refused

French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron yesterday detailed his priorities for his first few months in office if elected, as polls

A truck ploughs into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack.

A truck ploughs into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack.

Russian investigators on Thursday detained eight people suspected of involvement in the Saint Petersburg metro

A Pakistani petrol station attendant was stabbed to death during an "absolutely horrific" crime spree in Australia,