JAKARTA - An orangutan mother and her baby, threatened by encroaching wildfires to their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, authorities said on Saturday.

Police have arrested a 38-year-old man accused of running an online network that recruited girls under 18 for prostitution, with investigators linking him to more than 50 victims.

An Israeli man convicted last month of making threats against the owners of a zoo on Koh Samui has become the first foreigner ordered out of Thailand under new rules governing deportation.

THINGVELLIR, Iceland - In a small enclosure of lava stones in a grassy field, a modest tombstone bears the name of an Icelandic legend: Jonas Hallgrimsson. But are the bones beneath it really those of the poet, or a Danish grocer?

Flash floods and inundation are expected across the North, Northeast and East of Thailand through Tuesday, according to the Office of National Water Resources.

VENICE - British star Robert Pattinson will look to extend his stellar 2026 box office run by playing a creepy paedophile-hunting TV presenter in “Primetime”, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.

JAKARTA - Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as the vast archipelago battles to contain fires that have burned large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra.

VIACHA, Bolivia - Two explosions at an army barracks in Bolivia killed at least two people and wounded 81 on Friday, authorities said.

Given the matter-of-fact nature of business, statements can sometimes come off as cold or callous, the argument being that any lack of humanity is in service of the facts rather than an intent to offend.

RECAP: Regional stocks rose on Friday as the dollar declined and pressure on bond yields eased after comments from US Federal Reserve officials tempered fears that it would raise interest rates at its meeting this month.