The earthquake struck close to Myanmar's second largest city, Mandalay, at 06:20 GMT on Friday - around noon in South East ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday said he was deeply shocked by reports that hundreds of ...

First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy entered his residence in the capital, Juba.

Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more ...

The powerful 7.7 magnitude quake struck at around 12.50pm local time (6.20am UK time) near the second-biggest city Mandalay on Friday.

North Korea on Monday vowed to "steadily update and strengthen" its nuclear arsenal, rejecting a joint statement by the Group ...

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling "over the abyss" ...