China has fired six more officials linked to a massive rabies vaccine scandal, state media reported on Saturday.

Former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80, his foundation said on Saturday.

Australia's worst drought in a generation is driving flocks of emus into an outback mining town in a desperate hunt for food and water, an animal rescue unit in the town of Broken Hill said.

A heavily pregnant woman stranded by floods in the Indian state of Kerala gave birth just after being airlifted to safety, an Indian Navy spokesman said, as the military stepped up rescue operations on Saturday.

A Chinese plane that slid off the runway at Manila airport was removed from the muddy spot where it had been stuck for more than a day, officials said, allowing normal operations to resume on Saturday.

Italy was preparing an official day of mourning Saturday to commemorate the dozens of people killed in Genoa's bridge disaster with some outraged relatives of victims set to shun the official ceremonies.

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan was sworn in at a ceremony in Islamabad on Saturday, officially taking over the reins of power in the nuclear-armed country after his party won a July 25 election.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Pyongyang next month at the invitation of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un to attend the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding ...

Top names in French cooking, as well as foreign followers and hundreds of well-wishers, attended a memorial service yesterday for Joel Robuchon, the world’s most-starred Michelin chef who died earlier this month.

It’s “terribly important” for girls to see women in top-flight careers on the big screen, according to Dame Emma Thompson who plays a high court judge in her new film.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned against expectations that her meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today will produce any breakthrough on the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria.

Italy’s government has launched a formal procedure aimed at revoking concessions held by Autostrade per l’Italia to operate toll highways after a bridge it managed collapsed this week, killing at least 38 people.