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Nepal will hold its first local elections in two decades in May, the government has announced, a key moment in...

Jakarta was hit by widespread flooding on Tuesday after hours of torrential rain, with thousands of homes inundated, cars stranded...

Cigarette smoke hangs thick in the air of a Tokyo nightspot as Aki Nitta sips champagne with a trio of...

Hong Kong's Chan Yuen-ting will smash another hole through football's glass ceiling when she makes history in the AFC Champions...

Rights groups on Tuesday urged the Thai army to drop defamation charges against three activists over a landmark report on...

Nollywood film "The Wedding Party" has shown Nigerian cinema at the top of its game, with its success at the...

Star center DeMarcus Cousins was traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday in a blockbuster...

HSBC said Tuesday that net profit fell 82 percent in 2016, calling it a period remembered for its "largely unexpected...

Following in the traditions of plucky triers such as Jamaica's bobsledders and British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, a...

Steve Smith's Australia have the chance of halting India's Test juggernaut in a series between the world's top two sides...

Nearly a dozen Jewish community centers across the United States received bomb threats that led to evacuations, in the latest...

British eighth seed Kyle Edmund and Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun booked a second-round matchup on Monday at the ATP Delray Beach...

Malaysian armed guards on Tuesday stood watch at the hospital holding the body of Kim Jong-Nam, the assassinated half-brother of...

A week since news broke that the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been assassinated, a clearer picture...

A light aircraft exploded Tuesday in a "massive fireball" with police saying none of the five people aboard survived as...

As the 70th anniversary of a bloody political purge in Taiwan looms, a new horror video game set during the...

Kim Dotcom's marathon extradition battle will run for at least another year, despite a New Zealand court ruling that he...

China´s snap decision to halt North Korean coal imports -- a key economic lifeline for Pyongyang -- has a broader...

A German court sentenced a South Korean woman to six years in jail for the death of her cousin who...

Gene editing, which has raised ethical concerns due to its capacity to alter human DNA, is being considered in the...