Officials say a suspect approached a checkpoint near the building and opened fire, and that a bystander was wounded.

Officers stormed the building days after the party vowed to defy a court ruling removing its leaders.

A search operation has so far rescued 24 people with no deaths reported at the site, in a city near the capital Manila.

Security forces were met by resistance while attempting to clear highway barriers, amid unrest over the government's economic policies.

At least 82 people have been killed after a gas explosion at the Liushenyu mine in China.

At least 82 people have been killed after a gas explosion at the Liushenyu mine in China.

Officials say the train had been transporting military personnel home for Eid when it was attacked by armed separatists.

The 39-year-old was fatally injured while swimming out at a shoal off the Cassowary Coast in Queensland.

Twenty-one people have been injured, including a 15-year-old boy, with damage reported across all districts of Kyiv.

Nearly three decades after the 1997 Kobe serial child murders shocked Japan, Mamoru Hase, whose 11-year-old son Jun was killed by the then 14-year-old perpetrator known as “Boy A,” has decided to bring an end to his long involvement with the offender over compensation and accountability. (News On Japan)

Rising tensions surrounding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are beginning to ripple through Japan’s economy, with higher energy costs and shortages of petroleum-based materials threatening to accelerate inflation just as the country heads into another extremely hot summer. (News On Japan)

The blast in Shanxi province constitutes the country's worst mining disaster in 16 years.

Officials say a suspect approached a checkpoint near the building and opened fire, and that a bystander was wounded.

Tehran also signals progress on talks but says the key issue of nuclear weapons is not part of an initial framework it is working on.

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are major importers of used garments from the West and China.

The first ever Enhanced Games are taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, with big names, big money and much controversy.

An amendment to Japan's Civil Code looks set to allow shared parenting for the first time.

Eighteen people were killed and 42 others injured in the strike on the town in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.

Eighteen people were killed and 42 others injured in the strike on the town in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.

Sunil Puniya was on his first sea job when a missile struck the oil tanker Skylight at the start of the Iran war.