A 73-year-old grandmother who spent more than three decades living in the US has been deported to India.Harjit Kaur, who had unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the US, was...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order, approving a proposal that would allow TikTok to continue operating in the US under American ownership. But details of the deal...

Gavin Butler,Muhamad IrhamBBC Indonesia, Jakarta andYuli SaputraBBC Indonesia, West JavaYuli SaputraThousands of school children have suffered food poisoning from a controversial free lunches programme since JanuaryMore than 1,000 children...

A giant sinkhole opened up on a busy Bangkok road in front of a hospital and police station, causing evacuations. Cars were left teetering on the edge of the...

Gavin Butler,Laura BickerGuangdong andMartin YipHong KongWatch: People rescued from overflowing river after super typhoon hits the PhilippinesChina has evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and ordered at least 10...

Getty ImagesRagasa comes as the South East Asian nation reels from weeks of widespread flooding caused by an unusually fierce monsoonThousands have been evacuated in the Philippines as a...

Rohan Mehta - not his real name - spent over $8,000 (£5,900) on flights in his scramble to get back to the US ahead of a deadline that would...

Manjit KaurHarjit Kaur's age and sudden arrest have generated an outpouring of sympathy and supportThe visiting room of the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Centre in Bakersfield, California, is small,...

The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part of a new ban which has also outlawed the teaching of...

Australia, one of the world's biggest polluters per capita, will aim to cut its carbon emissions by at least 62% compared to 2005 levels over the next decade.The nation...

American tennis star Taylor Townsend has apologised after coming under fire for comments she made on social media about Chinese food.The 29-year-old who is in the Chinese city of...

Two teenagers who peed into a pot of broth at a hotpot restaurant have been ordered to pay 2.2m yuan ($309,000; £227,000) to two catering companies in China.The incident,...