Japan scrambled on Thursday for ways to free two hostages held by the Islamic State group, as two people came forward with offers to negotiate their release.
A 4-year-old Australian boy has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with an artificial pancreas.
Thailand's army-stacked parliament will vote in an impeachment hearing of ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday, testing a fragile calm between the rural poor and the royalist establishment backed by the Bangkok middle class.
The Republic of Korea's Supreme Court upheld a prison sentence on Thursday for a former lawmaker accused of encouraging an armed rebellion in the country should war break out with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
A massage belt, a PlayStation controller, a gold ring - it sounds like a gift list, but the items the Islamic State group left in Iraq are rigged with explosives to kill.
The United States and Cuba began talks on Thursday about restoring diplomatic relations after a difficult session on immigration highlighted the challenges involved in overcoming half a century of hostilities.
Security concerns have delayed plans to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, challenging US President Barack Obama's efforts to close the prison.
Greece's economic woes mean that paramedics on the picturesque island of Samos are increasingly faced with the terrible task of deciding who lives and who dies.
African nations threatened by Nigeria's Boko Haram will seek UN Security Council authorization for a multinational force to take on the Islamist militants, Niger's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
The British government said on Wednesday it will push through legislation forcing tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packs, with politicians voting on it ahead of the country's national election in May.
Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and independence-seeking militias has killed at least 41 people, including 17 civilians, over the past day, authorities said on Thursday.
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