Civilians and rebels began evacuating a third opposition-held district of Damascus on Sunday, bringing the government closer to cementing its control over the Syrian capital. An AFP correspondent...
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake near Iran's border with Turkmenistan killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage, state media reported Sunday, citing the country's seismological...
Syria's government has reached a deal with rebels in the Qabun neighbourhood of Damascus for the evacuation of opposition fighters, Syrian state media and a monitor said on Saturday. The deal comes...
A video of an American father telling his daughter bedtime stories about the Chinese president's signature project. A music clip with children singing about sharing "the goodness." A cartoon of a...
Ace comedian and actor, Bob Santo, also known as John Evans Bosompi passed away in 2002 but his comic value has not waned almost 15 years after his death. The late Bob Santo became a household name...
North Korea on Friday demanded the extradition of the South's spy chief, a Chinese businessman, and unnamed US CIA agents over a supposed conspiracy to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un. Last week...
Donald Trump has tweeted photos of meetings he had with the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers - a day after the White House was left red-faced when Moscow surprised it by releasing pictures of...
North Korean state media reported the election of the South's new left-leaning president Moon Jae-In after a two-day delay, but at unusual length. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) put...
Donald Trump's administration was left red-faced Thursday after the Kremlin surprised them by releasing pictures of a closed-door meeting between the US president and Russia's top diplomat. The...
An earthquake early Thursday killed at least four people in a remote area of northwest China's Xinjiang region, state media reported. The shallow 5.4-magnitude quake struck at 5:58 am (2158 GMT...
Former Chinese foreign minister Qian Qichen, who rebuilt relations with the international community after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died at the age of 89, state media said Wednesday....
The health of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, seen here at his 93rd birthday celebrations in February, has been the subject of increased speculation with two journalists arrested in March over a...
South Koreans are voting in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Liberal Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with centrist Ahn...
China is fine-tuning legislation on the proper way and place to sing its national anthem, tightening rules that already bar people from belting it out at parties, weddings and funerals. A draft bill...
A gas leak has killed at least 18 people working in a coal mine in central China, including the manager and others who attempted to save those trapped in the fumes, state media reported on Monday....
A gas leak has killed at least 18 people working in a coal mine in central China's Hunan province, state media reported on Monday. Another 37 miners were rescued and taken to a hospital for treatment...
A truck driving in the wrong direction on a one-way road smashed into a bus in Vietnam's central highlands on Sunday killing at least 11 people, state media said. The accident in Gia Lai province...
There is tension brewing at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation over management decision to reportedly release a large parcel of land belonging to the state broadcaster to a known politician at...
North Korea on Friday accused the CIA of plotting with South Korea to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un, amid soaring tensions in the flashpoint region. The CIA and Seoul's Intelligence Services have...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspected a military unit that was responsible for bombarding a southern island, state media said Friday ahead of a presidential election in the South. Pyongyang fired...
