About 725,000 people fled their homes as Typhoon Melor slammed into the eastern Philippines, officials said.
Communities were braced for heavy rain and coastal floods...
Police have scuffled with protesters at a Beijing courthouse as prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang stood trial on charges of provoking trouble...
An Australian court has ordered Nurofen’s UK owner to stop selling several versions of the popular painkiller that were identical to its standard ibuprofen...
A fire has swept through a Russian home for people with mental illnesses, killing 23 patients and injuring another 23, the emergency services said.
The...
A Saudi woman has won a municipal council seat in the country's first ever election open to female voters and candidates.
Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi...
Violence from co-ordinated attacks on three Burundian army installations killed 87 people, an army spokesman said, showing the escalating turmoil over the disputed third...
Hundreds of people have joined a rally to denounce Britain’s air strikes in Syria against Islamic State.
The Stop The War protesters, who gathered at...
The son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi has been kidnapped by militants in Lebanon.
They are demanding information about the fate of a Shiite...
