A North Korean soldier escaped to South Korea Tuesday evening by walking across the Demilitarised Zone that bisects the peninsula, Seoul's defence ministry said. The soldier, who has not been...
It is reckoned to be the biggest tax scandal in German post-war history. An international group of bankers, lawyers and stockbrokers - reportedly with links to the City of London - appears to have...
Pyongyang on Friday hailed the successful test of a new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile, which it said was designed to hit "any enemy group of battleships" that threatened North Korea. The...
A major Philippine bank shut down online access and its cash machines for a second day Thursday because of a glitch that drained some accounts but added money into others, creating at least one...
Syria's Kurds were once a marginalised minority, but now they are leading the charge for the Islamic State group's Raqa bastion and hoping to cement their gains in the war. The surprise turnaround in...
The Italian mother of London attacker Youssef Zaghba says she tried to prevent him being radicalised, "but he had internet" and fell in with the wrong crowd in the British capital. Zaghba, 22, has...
At the Reception Hall at 3FM, TV3’s radio station, in Accra, were two security men on duty that very night. They sat dejectedly and seemingly talking to the television set that hung on the wall....
Japan's answer to Walt Disney has confirmed the launch of a giant new theme park based on one of its most popular films. Studio Ghibli, the animation giant behind the 1988 hit animated fantasy movie...
Roads turned into rivers in northern Taiwan Friday as rain lashed the island, with rescuers helping residents evacuate as they struggled against the torrents. Cars, homes and businesses were left...
A bus fire that killed 11 kindergarteners in eastern China last month was intentionally set by their disgruntled driver, who was angry at losing overtime wages, authorities said Friday. The driver...
President Donald Trump's cryptic tweet of a non-existent word -- "covfefe" -- sparked a flood of humor and ridicule on the internet, but it also highlighted the inability of his communications team...
The partner of a gay policeman gunned down by a jihadist on Paris's Champs-Elysees avenue in April has married him posthumously. Former president Francois Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo...
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned cabin crew from wearing the island's flag on their uniforms due to pressure from...
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned cabin crew from wearing the island's flag on their uniforms due to pressure from...
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the ousting of South Korea's president was arrested by prosecutors on a plane bound for Seoul, reports said Wednesday....
Ghana and Juventus midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah is set to leave Italian Champions Juventus in the summer according to reports. The skillful wingback player has suffered with injuries in the past...
Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and his wife were being questioned by fraud squad detectives Monday as part of a major corruption investigation, Israeli media reported. Police confirmed an...
Israel's government on Sunday approved plans to install a cable car to Jerusalem's Old City, a project likely to anger Palestinians and much of the international community. The plan would see a...
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in a week, his team said Sunday. Jornet scaled Everest's north face, starting from a camp at 6,500 metres...
Pioneering female coach Chan Yuen-ting has stepped down a year after making history as the first woman to lead a team to a men's top flight league title. The trailblazing Chan, nicknamed "Beef Ball"...
