Malaysian opposition parties and activists kept up pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday, undeterred by an anti-corruption agency statement apparently clearing him of receiving nearly $700 million from a debt-laden state fund.
Pakistan executed a man on Tuesday who was convicted of killing a 7-year-old boy in 2004 - when his family and lawyers say he was just a teen - despite protest over his sentence, officials said.
South Korea said on Tuesday that it had agreed to an 85.1 billion won ($73 million) deal with a Chinese-led consortium to salvage a ferry that sank in an accident that killed more than 300 people in April 2014. A formal contract may be signed as early as Wednesday.
A wildfire that has devoured drought-parched terrain in northern California with remarkable speed raged on for a sixth day on Monday as evacuations expanded and firefighters began to gain some ground against the flames.
Greece is now facing how to get its economy back on its feet, but the scale of the country's financial problems is mind-boggling.
Washington has agreed to speed up arms sales to Gulf states, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday after talks in Doha on concerns about the Iran nuclear deal.
The government of Puerto Rico confirmed on Monday that it failed to make a $58 million debt payment in a significant escalation of the debt crisis facing the US island territory.
US President Barack Obama framed climate change as the toughest and most pressing challenge of our time on Monday, as he unveiled limits on US power plant emissions.
A shooting at a Toronto nightclub event hosted by rapper Drake that spilled onto the streets early on Tuesday left at least two people dead and three others wounded, the police said.
Grabbing something hot and tasty on the move? You have the ancient Romans to thank. "Street food" was their invention, generally enjoyed with wine, gambling or even prostitutes.
An Australian museum said on Monday it will exhibit what it believes is the best opal stone ever found - a 6-cm multi-colored gem found in the Outback named the Virgin Rainbow.
The first thing that strikes you as you enter the Makomboki Tea Factory is the air. It's clear, absent of the dark smoke that billows from the boilers of Kenya's other tea factories.
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