Boy with 'old man' illness baffles doctors

A four-year-old Bangladeshi boy suffering from a mysterious illness that makes him look like an old man has been admitted to hospital for tests, doctors and his family said.

Tourism pollutes golden beaches

Tourists have flocked back to Sri Lanka's palm-fringed beaches since a bloody civil war ended in 2009, but environmentalists warn unchecked development means some areas are now so polluted, swimming there is a health hazard.

Grandmas wield power to promote health

Commanding pride of place in her village in Senegal, 90-year-old Daba Ndione leans back in her chair and watches the younger grandmothers pull each other up from the ground to dance.

Emperor Akihito hints at inability to fulfill his duties

In a rare televised speech on Monday, Japan's Emperor Akihito, 82, told the Japanese people directly about his health and indicated readiness to abdicate.

Health questioned, PM pokes fun at potbelly

Prime Minister Hun Sen says his growing potbelly is getting in the way of his golf swing.

New government could be in place by the end of 2017

A democratically elected government will take power in Thailand at the earliest by December 2017, a senior Thai official said on Monday, after the country endorsed a military-backed constitution paving the way for a general election.

Man may face more charges over alleged far-right plot

A member of an Australian anti-immigration group accused of planning an attack may face additional charges in what the government said was the first time federal terrorism laws had been used to target such right-wing groups.

Erdogan heads to Russia amid improving relations

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will head to Russia this week as part of efforts to rebuild relations shattered by the country's downing of a Russian warplane last year - just as its relations with traditional allies the United States and Europe show increasing strain after a failed coup.

Hundreds join key battle for Aleppo

Syrian government and rebel forces have sent in hundreds of fighters and extra military equipment to join the crucial battle for the country's second city Aleppo, a monitoring group said on Monday.

Suicide bomber kills 93 at hospital

At least 93 people were killed and 56 others injured in a suicide blast inside the emergency ward of a hospital in Pakistan's southwest Quetta city on Monday morning, local media and officials said.

15,000 bogus bomb detectors made before global scam exposed

With radio-like antennae meant to swivel and point at vehicles carrying bombs, "magic wand" explosive detectors proliferated throughout conflict zones in the 2000s until they were exposed as a global scam.

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