An interim report by the Malaysian government into debt-laden state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad has found nothing suspicious after vetting its accounts, a parliamentary committee said on Thursday.
His luxury flat had views of the Himalayas to make the heart soar, but Dan Bahadur Budhathoki is going to take some persuading to move back into Kathmandu's 17-story Park View Horizon apartment block.
A massive sheet of rock has fallen from the vertical face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, making one of the most popular routes attempted by climbers in North America even more challenging, park officials said on Tuesday.
New Zealand biosecurity officials are telling supermarkets to clear Mexican grapes from their fruit and vegetable sections after venomous spiders were discovered in some consignments.
As a chorus of sexual assault accusations against Bill Cosby resounded this winter, some fans and famous friends stood by him, calling the allegations unproven attacks on a comedy legend.
Carnival Corp has won approval from the United States to operate culturally themed cruises to Cuba and plans to start taking travelers there next May, joining a growing list of maritime companies hoping to profit from a thaw in relations between Washington and Havana.
The first official peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul concluded with an agreement to meet again after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, officials said on Wednesday.
They are the Islamic State group's elite shock troops. Fanatical and disciplined, they infiltrate cities of Iraq and Syria, unleash mayhem and fight to the death, wearing explosives belts to blow themselves up among their opponents if they face defeat.
Two Myanmar men accused of murdering two British vacationers in Thailand went on trial on Wednesday in a case that caused outrage in Britain and raised questions about the competence of the Thai police and the treatment of migrant laborers.
Malaysian police raided the office of a troubled state investment fund on Wednesday, following a report that claimed investigators looking into the firm found that nearly $700 million had been transferred to Prime Minister Najib Razak's bank account.
US President Barack Obama and Nguyen Phu Trong, head of the Communist Party of Vietnam, met on Tuesday at the White House, seeking to deepen ties.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pleaded in the European Parliament on Wednesday for a fair deal to keep his country in the eurozone, acknowledging Greece's own responsibility for its plight, after EU leaders gave him five days to come up with reforms.
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