Diving into tackles on the lush green grass at the Southeast Asian Games is a rare treat for the Laos rugby sevens teams who are more used to sidestepping motorbikes during training on a gravelly car park in Vientiane.
The first photos of Britain's Princess Charlotte together with Prince George, who is pictured giving his baby sister a kiss, were released by Kensington Palace on Saturday.
Thousands living near the border of India and Bangladesh celebrated the signing of a historic agreement on Sunday that will allow them to choose their nationality after decades of stateless limbo.
Turks began voting on Sunday in the closest parliamentary election in more than a decade, one that could pave the way for President Tayyip Erdogan to amass greater power or end 12 years of single-party rule for the Justice and Development Party he founded.
Rescuers on Malaysia's highest peak searched on Sunday for six climbers after recovering 16 dead from a strong earthquake that had trapped scores of trekkers. One survivor said she waited for a rescue helicopter that never came.
South Korea reported its fifth death from MERS on Sunday as the government vowed "all-out" measures to curb the outbreak, including tracking mobile phones of those in quarantine.
Thailand is eager to show its newfound toughness on human trafficking, taking reporters on patrols and tours of former camps, working with neighboring countries and the United States, and arresting dozens of officials - including a high-ranking officer in the military that now controls the country. The junta even had a "National Anti-Human Trafficking Day".
Naval vessels from Italy, Britain, Ireland and other countries launched a rescue operation on Sunday to help about 10 migrant boats that called for assistance.
Thousands of demonstrators packed a German Alpine resort town on Saturday to demonstrate over a wide range of causes, from climate change to free trade, before the arrival of the leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies for a two-day summit.
Greek debt turmoil and a flare-up in fighting in Ukraine are sure to command a large share of the attention at the Group of Seven summit in Germany starting on Sunday.
A frantic manhunt was underway on Sunday for two convicted murderers who broke out of New York's biggest maximum-security prison by cutting through cell walls with power tools and escaping along tunnels.
Rival factions of a self-defense militia clashed in southern Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least 10 people dead amid tensions in the region on the eve of midterm elections.
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