Iraqi officials say the army is now in "full control" of central Ramadi, where so-called Islamic State (IS) has been resisting an army offensive, according to the BBC. A former government compound, where IS fighters had been holding out, has been retaken, Iraqi ...

China's top legislature on Sunday adopted the country's first counter-terrorism law in the latest attempt to address terrorism at home and help maintain world security, according to Xinhua agency. Lawmakers approved the legislation Sunday afternoon ...

The leader of the self-declared Islamic State issued a defiant message to the West, warning “crusaders” not to dare fight on his turf, according to The Telegraph. In a rare public statement - his first in seven months - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said Western countries had "learned from" previous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

A fire in a railway tunnel caused the cancellation of 81 trains on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, local media reported Sunday, according to Sputnik News. The fire occurred at 5.00 a.m. local time ...

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan, with tremors felt as far away as India, according to the BBC. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake's epicentre was in the northern province of Badakhshan, close to the Pakistani and Tajik borders ...

Two trucks plunged off a bridge that collapsed Saturday morning in northeast China's Qiqihar, the local government said, according to Xinhua agency. The 60-meter-long bridge broke in the middle, sending the two trucks careering into the frozen river in Fuyu County ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the “partnership” between their two nations as they oversaw the signing of energy and other deals, according to AFP. Mr Putin said his country planned to build six nuclear power units in India over 20 years ...

Google is working on a new method for users to log into their accounts without needing to type in their passwords, according to International Business Times. The U.S. search giant confirmed Tuesday that it is testing a way to allow users to ...

Dozens of people are reportedly missing and feared dead after a landslide hit a jade mining region in Myanmar's northern Kachin state. Officials say a search for survivors and bodies is continuing after Friday's accident in the area around Hpakant ...

A tornado struck Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, damaging houses, uprooting trees and injuring at least three people in the state's largest city, law enforcement and weather officials said, according to Reuters ...

Dozens of people remain trapped underground after a gypsum mine collapsed in east China’s Shandong Province today – just days after the Shenzhen landslide disaster, Xinhua reported. Emergency crews said four of the 29 people working in the shaft in Baotai ...

Production of crude oil on Russia's continental shelf went up 16% to 18.8 million tons in 2015, Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters, according to TASS. "Output of crude on the shelf went up to 18.8 mln tons this year from 16.2 million tons the previous year ...

UK astronaut Tim Peake has tweeted a light-hearted apology after dialling a wrong number from space and saying to a woman on the other end of the line: "Hello, is this planet Earth?", according to the BBC. Mr Peake said on Twitter it was not intended to be a "prank call". The astronaut ...

Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili approved Irakly Garibashvili’s resignation and the candidacy of Georgy Kvirikashvili for the post of prime minister, according to Sputnik News ...

More than 200 flights were cancelled at the Beijing International Airport Friday morning as a thick cloud of smog shrouded the capital, according to China Daily newspaper. Out of the 554 planned flights, 200 were already cancelled due to bad weather by 11 am, the airport announced ...

The death toll from a ferry disaster in central Indonesia has risen to 63 with a handful of people still missing as the search and rescue operation winds down. Search and rescue agency chief Bambang Soelistyo today said 103 passengers aboard the ill-fated boat had been recovered – with just 40 ...

Stallone's famous black leather jacket from 'Rocky' sells for USD 149,000 Memorabilia from Sylvester Stallone's top films has sold for just over USD 3 million at an auction, the Euronews said. Fans were able to bid at Heritage Auctions in Los Angeles ...