Criminalizing marital rape would be “excessively harsh,” the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a long-awaited Supreme Court…
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The man wore camouflage gear, a long beard protruding below a mask. His features were hidden, but when New Zealand police saw the…
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Peacekeepers’ safety in Lebanon ‘in jeopardy,’ UN official warns after Israeli fire injures two
Concerns are mounting for the safety of United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s ground incursion, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix…
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Nobuyo Oyama, the voice of beloved Japanese anime “Doraemon” for a generation of children across Asia, has died at age 90, her agency…
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Helicopter pilot who crashed into a hotel had drunk a ‘significant amount of alcohol,’ report finds
A pilot who died when he crashed a helicopter into a hotel in Australia had “significant blood alcohol content” during the unauthorized flight,…
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‘Our dreams were falling down the mountain’: American and British climbers stranded in the Himalayas for three days
Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak were perched high on the snowy face of a Himalayan mountain when disaster struck their quest to become…
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Mourners wept and monks prayed at a cremation ceremony Tuesday in a small town in central Thailand for 23 young students and teachers…
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North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months…
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Bangkok, Thailand (Reuters) — Powerful criminal networks in Southeast Asia extensively use the messaging app Telegram which has enabled a fundamental change in…
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A year into the war, Israeli military operations in Gaza continue to ramp up and Hamas is yet to be defeated
A year into the war in Gaza, the Israeli government’s objective of defeating Hamas still seems far from reach as Israel ramps up its…