A series of high-profile crimes against foreigners has raised issues of safety in Thailand, but the government hopes "tourist courts" can help.
A boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar, the U.N. said on Tuesday.
A prominent Japanese politician stirred controversy on Monday saying “comfort women” of World War II were “necessary.”
France wants to tax smartphone and tablet manufacturers, specifically Apple, to fund its cultural passions.
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of Associated Press phone logs in what the AP calls a "massive and unprecedented intrusion."
On Monday Minnesota became 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage and the first in the Midwest without a court order.
Track the history of the Internal Revenue Service's effort to pursue Tea Party and other right-leaning groups.
A loophole in China's rape laws has been allowing child rapists to go free since 1997, but a recent case has sparked outrage.
Chinese officials have been looking to feng shui in hopes of changing their political luck. It doesn't always work.
The era of banks deciding for themselves how much to charge one another for money is probably over.
Experts say the women's individual psychological makeup will largely determine how they recover from living in constant fear and enduring extreme abuse for 10 years. Will they overcome their ordeal?
A suspected poacher was reportedly trampled to death by an angered elephant during a botched poaching trip in a protected Zimbabwe game reserve.
Videos did nothing to quiet the rumors of cover-up.
Merkel, who will seek a third term as Germany’s leader in elections slated for this September, said she has nothing to hide about her past.
Chinese local officials will go to great lengths to stop people from bringing grievances against them to Beijing.
Four-year-old Minnesota native Robert Tufts won the coveted position as mayor of Dorset and spends his days dancing and helping residents cross the road.
The bomb scare shut down a subway entrance and caused a Wall Street building to be evacuated.
The cult, which worships death, mixes some indigenous beliefs with the Catholic veneration of saints.
The move is a clear indicator that multinational retail clothing companies like H&M are taking the appropriate steps toward improving fire and building safety.
A California senator proposed regulation on 3-D printers to prevent criminals from using the technology to print guns.
The Bangladeshi government said Monday the April 24 garment factory collapse near the capital Dhaka has killed an estimated 1,100 people.
Now 63 years old, Carlos the Jackal, a native of Venezuela and a fanatic Marxist-Leninist, has been jailed in France since 1994.
The U.S. Justice Department has confirmed it's looking into alleged "Black Money" ties between Barclays and Saudi King Abdullah's son.
A 64-year-old Illinois man is facing a slew of criminal charges, including harassment and battery for allegedly sexually abusing his pet peacock.
Taiwan is getting support from unforeseen quarters in its naval confrontation with the Philippines.
Nawaz Sharif, the apparent new prime minister of Pakistan, is a wealthy industrialist who has already served two terms as PM.
A recording of New Jersey state senators making comments about gun rights advocates was released after a hearing on gun control.
Countries are being asked to step up coronavirus monitoring after a patient contracted the infection from a French hospital stay.
North Korea replaced its hard-line defense minister with a little-known army general, state media reported on Monday.
The government is seeking action against Liu Tienan, who was accused in December by a journalist of plotting to kill his mistress.
