Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat was punched in the face and sprayed with tear gas by masked attackers in an upmarket area of Paris, police said on Thursday.

Armed military police launched a security sweep at Rotterdam airport on Thursday after receiving an anonymous tip-off about a possible terror threat.

Russia's state communications watchdog said Thursday it had ordered internet providers to block the LinkedIn professional networking site after a court ruled it was breaching a law on storing users' data.

More than 12,000 Afghan migrants to Germany are to be sent back to their home country because large parts of Afghanistan are considered safe, according to a German government ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to follow in Russia's footsteps Thursday and pull his country out of the International Criminal Court, incensed at foreign criticism of his deadly drug war.

A Bangladesh court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for the country's opposition leader after she failed to appear for a hearing over the date of her birthday.

India announced new measures Thursday to allow farmers and marrying couples to withdraw more money from banks, as frustration mounted over a cash crisis triggered by the withdrawal of all high-value notes.

Japan's premier Shinzo Abe headed to New York Thursday for talks with Donald Trump, the first leader to meet with the president-elect whose campaign pledges provoked anxiety over US foreign policy.

A 1,500-year-old stone tablet with the earliest known chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold at a US auction on Wednesday for $850,000.

Rain and strong winds battered central New Zealand on Thursday, threatening further damage just days after a powerful earthquake killed two people and devastated parts of the country's South Island with huge landslides.

President-elect Donald Trump used his Twitter account yesterday to denounce reports of problems in his transition team, singling out the New York Times for saying world leaders have had trouble getting in touch with him.

Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, will seek reassurances about the US’s commitment to his country’s security when he becomes the first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump today.