Region threatened as Gulf monarchs gather for summit

Solutions will be hard to find on Tuesday when Gulf monarchs hold their annual summit in a region threatened by jihadists and a war in Yemen that has raised tensions with Iran.

26 migrants' remains exhumed

The bodies of 26 migrants thought to be from Myanmar or Bangladesh have been exhumed as authorities ended their search at a mass-grave site in Songkhla's border district of Sadao on Saturday.

Death toll rises to six in Australian severe floods

The death toll from heavy rains that inundated Australia's east coast has climbed to six, as flood warnings continued on Sunday following a deluge that cut power to thousands of homes and isolated numerous communities.

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Migrant tide still flowing

Ships rescued 3,690 migrants from smugglers' boats in just one day on the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, the Italian Coast Guard said on Sunday, after more than 3,400 were helped on Sunday.

Kidnap victims arrive at camp

Their faces were gaunt, their hair tinted orange, their stomachs distended, all signs of malnutrition. They looked ragged, lost, shattered. But the girls were alive and free.

Protesters jubilant as 6 officers charged

Protesters in Baltimore erupted in celebration and hundreds of people broke the city's curfew, a day after six police officers were charged in the death of a black man in their custody.

Why sex isn't key to a happy marriage

A year or so ago, I was wandering round the V&A when I found a little side gallery I'd never visited before.

The truth about wearing 'sexy' male fragrances: It works

Last week, a bunch of men in white coats finally proved what a bunch of men dressed like Don Draper have been trying to tell us (or rather sell us) for years - that wearing fragrance can make you irresistible to women.

Full speed ahead for China's rail system

Now that China has built the world's largest high-speed rail network, which by last year included 16,000 kilometers of rail connecting 160 cities on the mainland, it wants to leverage its experience and technological expertise to establish a new export industry

Prisoners' executions defended

Indonesia staunchly defended on Wednesday its execution of seven foreigners as a vital front of its "war" on drugs as testimony emerged of how they went singing to their deaths.

Curfew quells worst of violence

A nighttime curfew on Tuesday restored a semblance of order to badly scarred Baltimore a day after riots dragged it into the national debate over how US police treat young black men.