Somali militants attacked a restaurant near Mogadishu’s seat of government for the second time in less than a year Saturday, detonating two large blasts that killed at least 15 people and wounded nearly two dozen, an official said.

The ethnic unrest continues to rock Assam with several ethnic and non-tribal groups launching agitation opposing the decision of the government to demarcate various autonomous development councils bes

Even after intervention of Prime Minister’s Office, an assistant manager of Corramore Tea Estate, which is owned by Williamson Magor Group, was abducted by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodol

The United States is increasingly convinced that the Syrian regime was behind a major chemical weapons attack last week and Washington is considering possible military action, an official said Monday.

Tens of thousands of Filipinos protested in a Manila park Monday to call for the scrapping of a corruption-tainted development fund that allows lawmakers to allocate government money for projects in their districts.

Problem for Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi seems to be far from over with his detractors within the party led by health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday threatening to resign if a Congress l

A passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine Wednesday while traveling downhill near a Malaysian highland resort, killing 33 people, an official said.

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Rescuers in helicopters and boats were Saturday desperately searching for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry sank in the Philippines, with at least 24 already confirmed killed.

More than 500 people have been evacuated from a tiny Indonesian island where a volcano erupted at the weekend, spewing rocks and lava that killed five villagers, an official said Monday.