Japan hanged three prisoners on Tuesday, its first executions in two years, with the government saying it was necessary to maintain capital punishment in the face of continued "atrocious crimes".

At least 15 women had accused Richard Daschbach, 84, of sexually abusing them when they were children at his shelter in the enclave of Oecusse, with fears that there may be many more victims. A panel of judges found the ex-priest guilty of several ...

Since Russia's brief war with Georgia in 2008, pro-Russian separatists in the disputed territory of South Ossetia have laid kilometres of barbed wire and fencing, turning what was once an administrative line into a de facto hard border – sometimes...

Days of torrential rain triggered some of the worst flooding in years across the country at the weekend, swamping cities and villages and cutting off major roads. Selangor -- the country's wealthiest and most densely populated state, encircling the...

The term, which refers to the Taiwan Strait, is commonly used in diplomacy to describe relations between Taipei and Beijing, which considers the island its territory -- to be taken one day, by force if necessary. Taiwan's digital minister Audrey Ta...

The mosque-filled city on Turkey's western edge was an early capital of the Ottoman Empire when it was expanding across the Middle East and Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is now the place where shoppers from Bulgaria and the Balkans -- t...

"You bring one (document), they ask for something else," said a source involved in the process, who asked not to be identified. "It's like Sisyphus pushing up the rock," the source added, referring to the mythical ancient king condemned for eternit...

The 26-year-old McKenzie, who has played at both fly-half and full-back in recent years, has arrived in Japan to replace fellow All Black Beauden Barrett, who had a six-month sabbatical with Sungoliath last season. Barrett is now sharing the All Bl...

The World Health Organization has urged people to cancel some of their holiday plans to protect public health as the Omicron variant spreads globally, warning that "an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled".

China, where the virus was first detected, has slowed new cases to a trickle since the middle of last year through border restrictions, targeted lockdowns and lengthy quarantines as it pursues a zero-Covid strategy. But the world's second-largest e...

Troops raced Tuesday to deliver food and water to typhoon-ravaged islands of the Philippines as charities appealed for aid to help hundreds of thousands left homeless by the deadly storm.

China, backed by Russia, blocked a US draft resolution Monday in the UN Security Council that would have provided a system for humanitarian exceptions to economic sanctions imposed on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

At least 375 people were killed and hundreds injured when Typhoon Rai pummelled the southern and central regions of the archipelago on Thursday, wiping out wooden houses, uprooting trees and knocking out power across entire islands. "Never in my en...

Raiders quarterback Derek Carr completed 25-of-38 passes for 236 yards and a touchdown, and drove Vegas 41 yards on eight plays in the dying seconds to set up Carlson's winning effort. The Raiders improved to 7-7 while the Browns fell to 7-7, leavi...

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong has maintained some of the world's toughest quarantine restrictions, measures that have kept infections at bay but left the finance hub isolated. Those policies have been tightened further since the em...