A typhoon has killed 13 people in China and left thousands in need of basic living supplies, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Sunday.   Typhoon Matmo dumped heavy rain on Taiwan before...

Israel has resumed its Gaza offensive after a series of Palestinian rocket attacks.   The Israeli military said Sunday that following "Hamas' incessant rocket fire" during the...

Ukrainian officials said their forces advanced to the outskirts of a key town north of Donetsk on Saturday as they try to retake the stronghold held for months by pro-Russia rebels.   The...

The family of two brothers killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 called the carrier rigid and bureaucratic Saturday, saying it has offered them no professional grief counselling in more...

The death toll in Gaza has passed 1,000, Palestinian medical officials say, 19 days after Israel launched an offensive against Hamas militants.   It comes amid a 12-hour humanitarian truce,...

The notorious underwear bomber's plot in 2009 to blow up a plane on Christmas Day failed because the explosives became 'degraded' after he wore the same pair of underpants for two weeks,...

An Instagram user in Ukraine has provoked global outrage after boasting about wear mascara looted from the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane.   She posted a photo of the...

Nigeria says it has put all entries into the country on red alert after confirming the death of a Liberian man who was carrying the Ebola virus.   The man died after arriving at Lagos...

Every driver in a crash will have their mobile seized in a bid to cut deaths caused by phoning and texting at the wheel.   Police have been ordered to check if motorists broke the law by...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni and a group of ministers were prevented from flying out of Mitiga Air Base yesterday.   According to the official website of the Prime Minister,...