Search for missing US marines in sea off Japan's coast called off

The search for five US Marines missing in the sea off Japan, following the collision of two Marine Corps aircraft has been called and the mssing crew member declared deceased on Tuesday.The accident …

Taxi driver sets himself on fire in protest over proposed carpooling service

A 57-year-old South Korean taxi driver died on Monday of self-immolation in protest against a carpooling service about to introduced in the country by the country's largest and most popular mobile ch…

Weekend of heavy snow storm leaves 310,000+ without power in US

More than 130,000 persons have been left without power, after a powerful snow storm hit the Southeastern parts of the United States over the weekend.On Sunday, hundreds of flight was cancelled due to…

Evacuation at CNN's New York office over another bomb threat

The New York office of a major US broadcasting network, CNN, was on Thursday night evacuated over bomb threats drawing parallels to October's evacuation in which an explosive device was found.However…

Two killed by suicide bomb attack near police HQ in south eastern Iran

At least two people have been killed by a suicide bomb attack in Iran's port city of Chabahar, on Thursday.The explosion which took place outside police headquarters also left many more severely woun…

US marine planes collide, crash into Pacific Ocean, rescue efforts ongoing

A U.S. Marine Corp refueling plane and a fighter jet carrying a total of seven U.S. troops collided and crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan's southwestern coast early Thursday. Rescuers found tw…

Home of Russian-backed priest raided by Ukraine's security service

As the tension between Russia and Ukraine drags on over the seizure of three vessels belonging to Kiev's Navy, another tussle over Ukraine's attempt to set up an independent national Orthodox church …

Australia introduce law recognising orphanage trafficking is modern-day slavery

As western countries become increasingly actived in volunteering efforts or fundraising for orphanage institutions in mostly poor nations, a lucrative industry which capitalises on this generosity ha…

Indonesia plane crash: Lion Air jet was in no condition to fly - report

Investigators from Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT) have found that the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max plane which crashed into the Java Sea just after taking off from Jakarta on 29 Oc…

Australia: Hundreds of bushfires forces residents to flee homes in Queensland

Residents of Queensland, Australia, have been given evacuation orders as the state's fire danger warning system was raised -- for the first time -- to "catastrophic", its highest level.Strong winds, …

US military personnel killed by IED explosion in Afghanistan

Three US soldiers were killed and three wounded by a bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday, NATO said, taking the number of American service personnel to die in the war-torn country this year to 12.NATO's Reso…

Ukraine imposes martial law in border areas following Russian aggression on sea

Ukraine's parliament on Monday voted in favour of imposing of martial law in the country's border areas in response to Russia's brazen seizure of three Naval ships belonging to the former soviet terr…

French civil servant arrested by security agency, suspected of spying for foreign government

French domestic security agency on Sunday night, arrested and detained for questioning, a senior official in the French Senate on suspicion he was was working as a spy for North Korea, BBC reports.Ac…

Taliban ambush on Afghan police convoy leaves 22 dead

More than 20 police officers have been killed in a Taliban ambush on a police convoy in Farah province on Sunday, the latest in series of attacks on Afghan forces in recent weeks, dealing a huge blow…

Brit given life sentence for spying in United Arab Emirate has been pardoned

Matthew Hedges, the British student who was accused and jailed in the United Arab Emirates for being a spy has been pardoned by the Arab nation, which it says was part of series of orders issued on t…

Bomb blast rips through mosque in Afghanistan, 26 people dead

No fewer than 26 people were killed on Friday, when a bomb explosion rip through a mosque inside an Afghan army base in Mandozai district, where soldiers had gathered for prayers, in Afghanistan's ea…

Suicide bombing attack on Chinese consulate in Pakistan, 2 officers killed

AT least two police officers have been killed following a failed attack by three suicide bombers on the Chinese consulate in the city of Karachi in southern Pakistan early Friday.The three bombers, w…

Makeshift bombs discovered in London flat, man arrested

A man has been arrested in Britain after two makeshift bombs were discovered by police in an unoccupied flat in northwest London, on Thursday.The 48-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of offences…

Car runs into schoolchildren in China, kills 5 people

A car has rammed into a group of children crossing a street outside a school in China at about noon on Thursday, killing five and injuring another 18.The driver of the car has been taken into custody…

South Korea's Kim Jong-yang elected Interpol's president over Russian Alexander Prokopchuk

An ally of Russia's president Vladimir Putin has lost his bid for Interpol top position, following the announcement of South Korea's Kim Jong-yang as the organisation's new president, taking over and…