Four officers at a maximum security prison in Russia were killed after inmates who identified themselves as affiliated to ISIS took several staff hostage, Russian state media reported. Russian special forces said the alleged hostage takers were all “eliminated” in an operation that saw some hostages freed, at the penal…
An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to each family whose…
A fifth body has been brought to shore from the wreck of the “Bayesian” superyacht that sank off the…
Indonesia’s parliament postponed ratifying changes to an elections law on Thursday as protesters attempted to tear down the gates…
Russia’s main internal security agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), said in a statement that it had “initiated and…
Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, causing rivers…
Fury was palpable at the end of a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Thursday, as protesters demanded a deal…
A Greek-flagged oil tanker carrying 150,000 tons of crude oil poses an “environmental hazard” after it came under attack…
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are cracking down on the sound of women’s voices in public, under a strict new set…