Tiffany WertheimerandYvette TanBBC on the scene of the Hong Kong apartment block blazeA devastating fire has ripped through a high-rise public housing complex in Hong Kong, killing at least...

Watch: People cling to floating debris during catastrophic floods in ThailandParts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have killed at least 33 people and prompted authorities to deploy...

Lee Soon-jae, one of South Korea's most beloved actors, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, his agency announced.In a career spanning more than 70 years across films,...

Two suicide bombers have attacked the headquarters of a Pakistani paramilitary force on Monday, killing three security officials and wounding at least 12 people.Police told BBC Urdu that the...

A Ukrainian refugee has become the first person from his country to win an elite-level sumo tournament.Danylo Yavhusishyn - known by his sumo ring name Aonishiki - arrived in...

Annesha GhoshSports writerAFP via Getty ImagesIndia's players celebrate their win over Pakistan in the Women's Blind T20 World Cup on 16 November The ongoing inaugural Blind Women's T20 Cricket...

Japan is edging closer to approving the restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant - the first time it would be operated since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.Hideyo Hanazumi,...

A woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the murders of three tourists during a carjacking in Mexico last year.Ari Gisell, 23, pleaded...

A South Korean passenger ferry carrying 246 passengers and 21 crew has run aground on rocks off the country's south-east coast.The Queen Jenuvia 2 is stuck on a reef...

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia is challenging a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite - the polarising, salty spread that has become a national symbol.State authorities...

A South African man who was seen attending a neo-Nazi rally outside an Australian state parliament has had his visa revoked.Matthew Gruter, who has been in Australia since 2022,...

Jake Kwon,Seoul and Gavin Butler,SingaporeGetty ImagesA file photo of the USS Kentucky nuclear submarine during a visit to South KoreaSouth Korea's government has announced that it has finalised an...