Indonesia in rescue bid for 500 hikers stranded after quakeIndonesia mounted a rescue operation Monday to reach more than 500 hikers and guides stranded by landslides on an active volcano on Lombok, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the holiday island....
Democratic candidates embrace gun control despite political risksAftab Pureval, a Democrat seeking to unseat a Republican congressman in Ohio, knows the political risks in calling for gun restrictions – and taking on the powerful National Rifle Association, which h...
Comoros votes in referendum on increasing president’s powerVoters in the Comoros went to the polls Monday in a politically explosive referendum that could change the constitution and allow President Azali Assoumani to rule beyond 2012, his current term limit....
Zimbabweans vote in first election since Mugabe’s removalZimbabweans voted on Monday in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed moment they hope will rid the country of its pariah status and spark a recovery in it...
No new findings in MH370 probe report, families sayFamilies of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 said on Monday that an investigation report released to them offered no new findings to explain the plane's mysterious disappeara...
Morocco king urges ‘urgent action’ on social problemsMorocco's King Mohammed VI Sunday urged the government to take "urgent action" to address social issues, in particular health and education in the north African country which has been hit by protests...
Cambodian PM’s party claims all election seats, opposition sees ‘death of democracy’Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) said on Monday it had won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in a general election a day earlier that critics said was neither free...
Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not collusionThe trial of President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money flowing through off...
Somalia, Eritrea mend ties as change sweeps Horn of AfricaThe presidents of Somalia and Eritrea on Monday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after over a decade of animosity, in the latest lightning rapprochement between Horn of Africa rivals....
India sparks fear by excluding four million from citizens’ list in AssamIndia said on Monday it had excluded more than four million people from a draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam who could not produce valid documents, a move that has sparked fears about...
Bodies of 23 Myanmar landslide victims found: officialThe bodies of 23 victims of a landslide in Myanmar’s northern jade mining area have been recovered, an official confirmed Monday, after a days-long search hampered by heavy monsoon rains. Rescuers are...
Iranian asylum-seeker’s death preventable: Australia courtThe death of an asylum-seeker held at a remote Australia-run Pacific camp from an infection was "preventable" and Canberra should improve healthcare services for detainees, a coroner ruled Monday. Und...
14 killed in Vietnam wedding party car crashFourteen members of the same family were killed in a car crash in central Vietnam Monday en route to a wedding party, including the groom who died instantly when their van hit a container truck, polic...