Thailand's king is to be officially crowned in an elaborate three-day ceremony held on May 4-6, the royal palace has announced. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 66, has been serving as the constitutional monarch of the

At least 75 people have been killed in landslides and floods caused by a tropical depression in the eastern Philippines as rescue teams continued to search for other victims, according to officials. The national

At least nine people have been injured, one seriously, when a driver deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year's Eve along a famous street in Japan's capital, Tokyo, according to police and

AMMAN: France’s defense minister arrived in Jordan on Monday to visit troops battling the Daesh group, showing Paris’s determination to continue the fight after a shock US decision to withdraw from Syria.After a stopover

KHARTOUM: Sudanese police on Monday used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters shortly after they began to march toward the Nile-side presidential palace in Khartoum to press their demands for President Omar Bashir to

JEDDAH: Iraqi warplanes hit a meeting of Daesh leaders near Deir Ezzor in Syria on Monday, destroying the building they were gathered in, the military said in a statement. The statement said F-16 fighter

Hanoi, Vietnam - Dressed in the traditional Vietnamese long gown known as "ao dai", dissident artist Do Nguyen Mai Khoi holds up a banner in a silent protest amidst the roar of traffic in

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has renewed his commitment to denuclearisation but warned that he may have no option but to seek an alternative course if the United States does not take corresponding measures

Washington, DC - From new indictments stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia meddling, to Trump's surprise announcement to pull US troops out of Syria, 2018 was a year full of the

The French government "can do better" at improving the lives the country's citizens, President Emmanuel Macron has said in his highly-anticipated New Year's Eve address as "yellow vest" protesters again took to the streets