Gay sex could be punishable by 100 lashes of the cane in Indonesia’s staunchly conservative Aceh province if parliament passes…

Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been…

Negotiators representing Kiev and Ukraine’s separatists agreed early Saturday to stop fighting and create a 30-km demilitarised zone in order…

Unheralded Zhang Mengyuan stunned hosts and favourites South Korea Saturday as China swept the women’s 10 metre air pistol titles…

GURUN: Two Malaysians died in the Holy land this haj season due to heart failure and not because of MERS-CoV,…

SONGKLA: Seven people were seriously injured yesterday after a train derailed in southern Thailand, believed to be due to sabotage,…

Sierra Leone launches a three-day nationwide shutdown to contain the deadly spread of the Ebola virus in a controversial move…