A hurricane was bearing down on Cuba October 20 as the island nation's authorities scrambled to restore power following a massive nationwide outage. The expected…
Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the oil-rich region, where voters have expressed disenchantment with…
Moldovans began voting Sunday in a presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union, with fears of Russian meddling in the two key…
Radical Austrian nationalist Martin Sellner, banned from entering Switzerland, was arrested October 19 having crossed the border. The 35-year-old, who advocates mass expulsions of foreigners,…
Hundreds of people gathered across France on October 19, urging an end to "motorised violence" and calling for measures to ease tensions on the French…
Pakistan said Saturday that two children in its southern Sindh province had been paralyzed by poliovirus, bringing the total number of cases nationwide to 39…
More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported October 20, sparking fear…
Authorities in Pakistan's most populous province ordered all educational institutes shut for October 18, as students stage protests after reports of a college campus rape…
NEW DELHI - A former Indian government official charged in the US this week for allegedly directing a foiled murder plot had been arrested in…
China's consulate in Myanmar's city of Mandalay was attacked with an explosive device, local media said October 19, adding that no deaths or injuries were…
Three Rohingya refugees suffocated to death while packed into trucks in Thailand, with two suspected people-smugglers arrested October 18, police said. The mainly Muslim Rohingya…
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte threatened on October 18 to dig up the remains of President Ferdinand Marcos' dictator father and toss them into the…
Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corp. said on October 18 it is investing $320 million in Philippine fintech unicorn Mynt, buying half of Manila-based conglomerate Ayala's stake…
Gunmen have abducted an American man living in the southern Philippines, shooting him in the leg and ferrying him away in a boat, police said…
Chinese President Xi Jinping called this week for troops to strengthen their preparedness for war, state media reported on October 19, just days after Beijing…
North Korea's top diplomat on October 20 criticised a new sanctions monitoring team led by the United States as "unlawful and illegitimate", warning countries involved…
North Korea claimed October 19 it had discovered the remains of at least one crashed South Korean military drone in the capital Pyongyang, releasing images…
A man was arrested after throwing several suspected petrol bombs at the headquarters of Japan's ruling party Saturday and ramming his car into a fence…
Economic growth in the Pacific is forecasted to drop to 3.6% this year, from 5.8% in 2023, raising concerns the rate of growth will not…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) are poring over a highly-critical audit of a multimillion dollar Covid-19 aid package in Solomon…
Researchers are calling for more kaupapa Māori targeted public health interventions, after a study found Māori and Pacific women are disproportionately affected by suicide involving…
King Charles' antipodean admirers got a first glimpse of their reigning monarch October 20, as the British royal attended a church service and expressed his…
