Philippine rebels exploited the havoc unleashed by this week's typhoon to attack an army relief convoy on Friday, authorities said, as the death toll from the storm rose to 41.
Officials appealed for calm after the first effort to convict an officer in Freddie Gray's death from a broken neck in a Baltimore Police van ended with a hung jury and a mistrial.
Choi Jung-yoon and Kwak Eura are on a quest to shatter taboos when it comes to talking about sex in conservative South Korea.
Nepal's parliament passed on Wednesday a long-delayed law to pave the way for rebuilding after April's massive earthquake, ending months of bickering that paralyzed reconstruction despite donor pledges of billions in aid.
With items as diverse as an adult coloring books and a new novel by Harper Lee, it was a year for unexpected hits and hits that sold well in paper editions.
Russia is ready to improve ties with the United States and work with whoever is elected its next president, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.
US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy has publicly defended a controversial proposal to relocate a US Marine Corps base on Okinawa in southern Japan as the best of many options considered.
From red marzipan bows on the cake to holiday wreaths on tables, December brides and grooms have found many ways to incorporate Christmas into their weddings.
Nearly 55 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in orbit, the UK is experiencing a surge of space mania thanks to its first official astronaut - a soft-spoken pilot who will spend some of his six-month stint on the International Space Station attempting to brew a decent cup of tea in zero gravity.
Pakistan students on Wednesday marked the anniversary of a Taliban school massacre that left 151 people dead, bearing images of their classmates and teachers slain in the incident, which shocked a country already scarred by nearly a decade of attacks.
A rare tornado hit Sydney on Wednesday with destructive winds above 200 km an hour and cricket-ball-sized hail, bringing down trees and power lines, sheering off roofs and walls and causing flash flooding in Australia's largest city.
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