Rome: Italian navy pulled nearly 3,000 African sea migrants to safety early Saturday, media reports said. Four vessels were participating in the high-seas rescue operation, transferring to Sicily Island, in southern Italy, at least 2,800 migrants, Xinhua quoted ...

Meriam Ibrahim was sentenced to death in Sudan because the court considers her Muslim and found her guilty of apostasy for converting to Christianity. Photograph: Gabriel Wani. A woman sentenced to death in Sudan after marrying a Christian could be ...

Meriam Ibrahim was sentenced to death in Sudan because the court considers her Muslim and found her guilty of apostasy for converting to Christianity. Photograph: Gabriel Wani. A woman sentenced to death in Sudan after marrying a Christian could be ...

By Robert Birsel. BANGKOK (Reuters) - An appeal by Thai coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha for demonstrations against his May 22 takeover to end as part of a plan to restore democracy is likely to be tested this weekend with protesters expected on ...

STATE officials in north India have fired two police officers for failing to investigate the disappearance of a pair of teenagers who were gang-raped and found hanging from a tree. The firings came after widespread outrage and growing criticism of India for a ...

SINGAPORE - MAY 30: U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks as Dr. John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive of International Institute for Stategic Studies (IISS), listen during the opening plenary meeting at the 13th Asia Security Summit ...

President Xi Jinping's model of tackling corruption is only likely to worsen the problem and his repression of dissent further reveals the fragility of his regime, a leading China expert said on Friday. Xi launched a high-profile anti-graft campaign when he ...

President Xi Jinping's model of tackling corruption is only likely to worsen the problem and his repression of dissent further reveals the fragility of his regime, a leading China expert said on Friday. Xi launched a high-profile anti-graft campaign when he ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States threw its weight on Saturday behind a push by Japan to take a more active role in regional security and bluntly warned China to halt destabilizing actions in support of territorial claims. Using unusually strong ...

Gunmen suspected to be from the Boko Haram Islamist militant group have kidnapped two traditional Muslim rulers from northeast Nigeria. Gunmen suspected to be from the Boko Haram Islamist militant group have kidnapped two traditional Muslim rulers ...

As outrage grows in India over the gang rape and murder of two Dalit teenagers found hanging from a tree, the mother of a 14-year-old "untouchable" who was kidnapped and raped earlier this year has said she wishes her daughter had been killed too.

UKRAINE'S government claimed to be gaining the upper hand over separatist rebels yesterday declaring that security forces had "cleared" large swathes of the east of the country. Also in this section. Supermarket in 'KKK' flag storm · Frenchman to share out ...

FORTUNE -- In an unprecedented move, Google (GOOG) launched a service earlier this week that allows European citizens to request personal data be removed from Internet search results. The move follows a European Union court ruling earlier this month ...

FORTUNE -- In an unprecedented move, Google (GOOG) launched a service earlier this week that allows European citizens to request personal data be removed from Internet search results. The move follows a European Union court ruling earlier this month ...