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Chinese mine boss drowns himself after deadly collapse

The owner of a Chinese gypsum mine drowned after jumping into a well in an apparent suicide during rescue efforts for 17 workers still...

India PM Narenda Modi meets Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif in Lahore

India’s Narendra Modi has made a surprise visit to Pakistan, his first trip as prime minister to the Islamic nation that has been India’s...

Syrian Rebel leader Zahran Allouch ‘killed in air strike near Damascus’

An air strike near Syria’s capital Damascus has killed top rebel commander Zahran Allouch, according to opposition activists. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Indonesia boat accident death toll rises to 63

Rescuers have recovered 40 more bodies from waters in central Indonesia, raising the confirmed death toll from the weekend sinking of a passenger boat...

Two Palestinians killed after Jerusalem knife attack

Two Palestinian assailants were shot and killed after stabbing Jewish pedestrians outside Jerusalem’s Old City, Israeli police said, the latest in an unrelenting wave...

‘Ransom demand’ for Japanese journalist missing in Syria

The kidnappers of a Japanese journalist who is missing in Syria have made a ransom demand for him, it has been reported. The France-based group...

Russia accused of killing Syrian civilians with cluster bombs

Russia has been accused of using cluster munitions and unguided bombs on civilian areas in Syria in attacks that have killed hundreds of people...

Kim Dotcom lawyers to appeal decision to allow extradition to US

Colourful internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradited to the US to face criminal copyright charges, a New Zealand...

India toughens law for young criminals after outrage over rapist release

Politicians in India have voted to lower to 16 the age at which a person can be tried as an adult for heinous crimes. The...

Boko Haram violence forces a million children from school

Attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in north-eastern Nigeria and neighbouring countries have forced more than one million children out of school, heightening...

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