The Philippines Supreme Court approved a landmark defense cooperation deal with the United States on Tuesday, paving the way for US forces to deploy to an array of bases throughout the country.
US President Barack Obama told US citizens nervous about terror and a changing economy that they should not fear the future, in a farewell State of the Union address on Tuesday that drew sharp contrast with Republicans.
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to undertake a historic push to develop a cure for cancer, tapping Vice-President Joe Biden to lead the effort.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have released 10 US sailors and their patrol boats after investigations showed they had entered Iranian waters unintentionally, a statement said on Wednesday.
A suicide bombing attack on Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square on Tuesday has left 10 people dead, among them nine German tourists, laying bare a worsening security situation in crises-ridden Turkey.
From his birthplace in London to his adopted home in New York, David Bowie fans around the world gathered on Monday to mourn a star who many said had shaped their lives.
Life on the streets of New York may be miserable for the thousands of homeless who sleep rough, but many are disillusioned by stepped-up efforts to eradicate a modern-day crisis.
Gunmen detonated suicide vests inside a shopping complex in Baghdad on Monday and a car bomb exploded nearby in an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed at least 18 people and wounded 40 others.
A wild elephant trampled a rubber tapper to death and left her 2-year-old son badly injured, Thai police said on Tuesday, the second deadly attack in the area in recent months.
Justin Dlomo watches his small herd of emaciated cattle scrounge for bits of dry grass with a growing sense of dread.
A jailed Indonesian firebrand cleric on Tuesday challenged his conviction for funding a militant group in court, as a hundreds-strong crowd chanting "God is great" rallied in support of the Islamist preacher.
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