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Children Electrocuted In Turkish Pool
Three children and two adults who tried to rescue them have been electrocuted in a water park in north-western Turkey,...
China’s Xi Visit To Hong Kong Confirmed
President Xi Jinping will come to Hong Kong next week to mark 20 years since the city was handed back to China by...
Disgraced S. Korean Leader’s Friend Choi Gets Three Years In Jail
The woman at the centre of South Korea's corruption scandal, Choi Soon-Sil, was handed a three year jail term Friday...
Tokyo Organisers Fear 2020 Traffic Crisis
Tokyo Olympic organisers have warned of a potential transport crisis during the 2020 Summer Games after a decision to...
China Freezes Bank Accounts of Over 100 Myanmar Traders
Chinese banks have frozen the accounts of more than 100 commodities traders in northeast Myanmar in a bid to clamp down...
Thousands Gather In Taiwan For Festive Celebrity Funeral
Lion dancers and Lamborghinis took part in a massive funeral parade for one of Taiwan's best-loved television stars...
US Teen Killed By Bear In Alaska Running Race
A 16-year-old boy was mauled and killed by a bear during a running race in Alaska at the weekend, managing to text his...
Turkey Sentences UN Court Judge To Seven Years In Jail
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a top UN court judge to more than seven years in jail on charges of links to the...
Turkey Sentences UN Court Judge To Seven Years In Jail
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a top UN court judge to more than seven years in jail on charges of links to the...
Shooter Kills Three and Self At San Francisco UPS Facility
A gunman killed three people and wounded two at a San Francisco warehouse facility operated by UPS before turning the...
Shooter of Republicans Was Sanders Fan, Had Run-Ins With Law
James T. Hodgkinson, the rifle-toting 66-year-old who opened fire on a Republican lawmakers practicing for a baseball...
Friend Or Foe? Taiwan’s Disappearing Allies
Panama walking out on its relationship with Taiwan to establish ties with rival China is the latest in a spate of...
Former Panamanian President Arrested In Miami
Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli -- accused by his country of corruption and spying on political...
Thailand Hails New Golf Hero As Ariya Makes History
Thailand hailed Ariya Jutanugarn as their new sporting hero on Tuesday as she finally secured her place on top of the...
Half the Number of Bodies From Myanmar Plane Crash Recovered
Search crews in Myanmar have now recovered the bodies of nearly half of those who died in last week's military plane...
Australian Bodyboarder Survives Bump From Shark
A bodyboarder swimming close to shore survived a close encounter with a large shark Sunday after being bumped by the...
President Mugabe Sacks Zimbabwe’s Chief Prosecutor Johannes Tomana
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has sacked the country's chief prosecutor, Johannes Tomana, after a tribunal found...
Mugabe Sacks Zimbabwe’s Chief Prosecutor
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has sacked the country's chief prosecutor, Johannes Tomana, after a tribunal found...
Erdogan Vows To Stand By ‘Qatari Brothers’ Amid Crisis
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan requested the full removal of a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar after approving the...