At least seven people have died and dozens of others have been injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious ...

Pakistan's Senate has voted to criminalize "intentional" spreading of misinformation with jail terms of up to three years.

Sitting on the border with Rwanda and on the shores of Lake Kivu, it is a vital trading and transport hub that is within ...

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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) continues to tighten the security of its communications system to ensure that ...

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan triggered landslides and caused the ceilings of several homes to cave ...

The AFP news agency said Coca-Cola's French branch suggests independent experts had "concluded that the probability of an associated risk" was "very low".

After a strong earthquake hit Taiwan on January 21, 2025, an old picture of a tilting building resurfaced in social media ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's first sitting head of state to face a criminal trial, defended his failed ...

The exchange involved three Israeli hostages and five Thais freed by Gaza militants. Photo by Haneen Salem / Anadolu via ...

A diplomatic source and witnesses told the AFP news agency that no-one was being allowed to get in or go out at the main crossing between the two countries. Only non-essential UN staff and their ...

Five civilians had been killed and 25 seriously injured in the town of Gisenyi, just across the border from Goma, a Rwandan military spokesperson told the AFP news agency. The M23 group has taken ...