Factbox: Cyclone Idai's death toll rises to 738, hundreds of thousands displaced

2019/03/29 15:46:05

Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered M...

Modi says India tests anti-satellite weapon in major breakthrough

2019/03/27 07:34:19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had shot down a live satellite in space on Wednesday with an...

Thailand's opposition forms alliance, claims lower house majority

2019/03/27 06:44:34

Thailand's Pheu Thai party said on Wednesday it had formed a "democratic front" with six other part...

Ousted party seeks to reclaim Kurdish heartlands in Turkish vote

2019/03/27 06:29:55

Actor Kemal Ulusoy and the rest of his Kurdish theater group lost their jobs along with thousands of...

New Zealand bridge washed away in severe storm

2019/03/27 05:42:28

A motorway bridge over a New Zealand river was washed away in a severe rain storm on Tuesday, prompt...

China says Tibet human rights critics 'bewitched' by Dalai Lama

2019/03/27 05:21:29

Those who criticize China over human rights in Tibet have been "bewitched" by the Dalai Lama, a seni...

Group seeking to oust North Korea leader says it staged embassy raid in Spain

2019/03/27 03:17:41

A dissident organization committed to overthrowing the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Cheollima Ci...

Second major blackout leaves Venezuelans fearing power cuts will be the norm

2019/03/27 01:23:48

Venezuela's government told workers and school children to stay home on Tuesday as the second major ...

Cholera cases jump to 138 in Mozambique's Beira after cyclone

2019/03/29 15:45:51

The number of confirmed cases of cholera in the cyclone-hit Mozambican port city of Beira jumped fro...

China's censors drop gay scenes from 'Bohemian Rhapsody' film

2019/03/27 07:07:27

China has scrubbed at least 10 scenes with gay references from the Oscar-winning biopic "Bohemian Rh...

Indian PM Modi plans national broadcast on Wednesday

2019/03/27 06:33:06

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will broadcast an address to the nation at 11:45 a.m. (0615 GMT)...

In U.S. pursuit of peace talks, perilous rift opens with Afghan leader

2019/03/27 06:06:22

Washington's relationship with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears increasingly at risk of permane...

Australia, Netherlands start talks with Russia over MH17 downing: Dutch minister

2019/03/27 05:39:11

Dutch and Australian government officials have met their Russian counterparts to discuss who is resp...

Group claims responsibility for North Korea embassy raid as Spanish judge seeks extradition of intruders

2019/03/27 03:17:41

A Spanish judge plans to request the extradition from the United States of members of a group he sus...

Chapecoense mourn death of reporter who survived plane crash

2019/03/27 01:59:27

Rafael Henzel, a radio reporter who survived the crash that killed most of the Chapecoense soccer te...