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Nepalese family mourns 18 lost in single house collapse
Flanked by funeral pyres flickering in the darkness, Shankar Pradhan stood barefoot on the edge of Kathmandu\'s sacred Bagmati River, where the ...4-month-old baby pulled from earthquake rubble in Nepal after being trapped for 22 hours
A 4-month-old infant was rescued from the wreckage 22 hours after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed surrounding towns last weekend.Nine await execution in Indonesia, as foreign hopes for reprieve fade
Nine drug traffickers met their families for what could be the final time at an Indonesian maximum security prison on Tuesday, after ...Captain of doomed South Korea ferry jailed for life for homicide by appeals court
The South Korean ferry captain responsible for last year\'s disaster that killed more than 300 people, mostly school children, was given an ...Greek PM leaves referendum option open, rules out elections
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday he was confident of an early deal with international creditors, after shaking up his ...Indonesia executes eight drug traffickers, despite worldwide appeals for clemency
Eight drug-trafficking convicts from several countries were executed by an Indonesian firing squad shortly after midnight on Wednesday, media said, but a ...Nepal declares three days of mourning over earthquake
Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal Tuesday, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days ...Leftist Akinci wins north Cyprus election, seeking peace deal
A leftist moderate promising to press for a peace deal in ethnically-split Cyprus swept to victory in a Turkish Cypriot presidential election ...Australia pleads for stay in executions, demands Jakarta probe
Australia made a last-minute plea on Monday for a stay in the imminent execution of two Australian drug traffickers in Indonesia, saying ...Desperate Nepalis flee capital as aftershocks spread fear, over 3,500 dead
Hundreds of Nepalis were fleeing the capital Kathmandu for the plains on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks following a ...




