BUTWAL, Nepal: Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 87th birthday was marked in Lumbini, birthplace of Buddha southwest of Kathmandu on Friday.…

MELBOURNE: All of the 38 Australians who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed in eastern Ukraine have now…

BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to arrest and expel former security chief Zhou Yongkang is a bold step that…

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s disease control authorities on Saturday said a 19-year-old man is suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus,…

KIEV: Ukraine said Friday it had been forced to ask Russia to supply electricity to make up for energy shortages…

BRUSSELS: Belgium’s former queen Fabiola, the Spanish-born widow of king Baudouin, who was at the centre of a recent row…

FREETOWN: Sierra Leone warned on Friday it would jail entire families if Ebola victims who appeared to have been washed…

TACLOBAN, Philippines: Millions of people in the Philippines began seeking shelter in churches, schools and other makeshift evacuation centres on…