Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday Damascus would have to "wait and see" if US President-elect Donald Trump would change Washington's policy on Syria but that he was ready to cooperate with him in fighting militants.
A pair of pear-shaped diamond earrings sold on Tuesday in Geneva for $17.6 million including fees, falling well short of the pre-sale estimate and suggesting that the auction house may have misjudged the market for that piece.
South Korean prosecutors questioned a former vice-sports minister on Wednesday as their probe into the corruption scandal engulfing President Park Geun-hye spreads to preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
New Zealand emergency services and defense personnel evacuated hundreds of tourists and residents from a small South Island town amid more strong aftershocks on Tuesday, a day after a powerful earthquake killed two people.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has hired a lawyer ahead of questioning by prosecutors over a snowballing political scandal that has engulfed her administration, her spokesman said on Tuesday.
Reported hate crimes against Muslims rose last year to their highest number since the aftermath of the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to FBI statistics released on Monday.
He was one of the best middleweight boxers of his time and is now a Belgian lawmaker, but Bea Diallo says he understands what turns youngsters to the dark side.
US prisons are experimenting with a high-priced monthly injection that could help addicted inmates stay off opioids after they are released, but skeptics question its effectiveness and say the manufacturer has aggressively marketed an unproven drug to corrections officials.
The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has announced the new discovery of a royal tomb at a temple in the ancient city of Luxor, the official Mena news agency reported.
Australian scientists have developed a groundbreaking trial to detect potential blindness in people with diabetes.
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