At least one person is dead and 18 others are missing in huge floods that are surging through southern Japan,...

Twice as many elephants work in Thailand's tourism industry as the rest of Asia combined, with the vast majority kept...

Team New Zealand celebrated their America's Cup victory with a ticker-tape parade in Auckland Thursday before taking the Auld Mug...

In another setback for the high-flying electric carmaker, Tesla's Model S once again fell short of the top rating in...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to eat alive the Islamist militants behind the abduction and beheadings of two Vietnamese...

Donald Trump's high-stakes trip to Europe, where he faces a prickly G20 meeting and animosity from traditional US allies, kicks...

Trucks still line up bumper-to-bumper on the "Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge" to bring goods from North Korea into China even as...

Lock Maro Itoje has transformed in New Zealand from the baby of the British and Irish Lions camp into a...

What Popole Misenga remembers most is the crowd chanting his name. After a lifetime of war and poverty in the...

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said "cool, calm, collected" Jordie Barrett could handle the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the decisive British...

The hills around revered Tibetan Buddhist academy Larung Gar were once a seamless carpet of vibrant red, dominated by the...

Basketballs, electric scooters and rainbow-coloured umbrellas -- nothing seems out of bounds in China's booming "sharing economy". Where once Chinese...

Authorities in Shanghai and Tianjin will impose regulations on the rapidly growing bike-sharing sector following mounting complaints over an accumulation...

Newly equipped with an intercontinental ballistic missile, North Korea is looking to put itself in the "driver's seat" for any...

War crimes judges will rule Thursday if South Africa flouted international law by failing to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir,...

News that JPMorgan Chase considered bidding for British payment company Worldpay signals that big US banks could be shifting back...

The United Nations' cultural arm will decide whether to declare the Old City of Hebron a protected zone this week,...

Pumas scrum-half Tomas Cubelli makes his return from a lengthy injury for the ACT Brumbies but cancer survivor Christian Lealiifano's...

Jeanne Gang has dedicated her life to using architecture and design to connect people of various backgrounds who otherwise would...

South Korea's Choi Ji-Man homered in his New York Yankees debut on Wednesday, his fifth-inning blast impressing even slugging sensation...