The father of Tomislav Salopek, a Croatian national who was abducted in Cairo and has been threatened with execution by the Islamic State, on Thursday urged the kidnappers to release his son. (Photo: AP)
A rare Burgundy has emerged as the world's most expensive wine at more than USD 15,000 a bottle, and it is not a Romanee-Conti, according to the WineSearcher website. (Photo: AFP)
Typhoon Soudelor hit Taiwan on Saturday, downing trees, traffic lights and power lines, leaving at least four dead, one missing and dozens injured. (Photo: AFP)
Mauritius said Friday it was scouring its Indian Ocean waters in an ongoing search for debris from missing flight MH370, after wreckage washed up on the nearby island of Reunion. (Photo: AP)
A murder case has been filed against four suspected Islamist terrorists in connection with the brutal killing of a secular Bangladeshi blogger who was hacked to death after the assailants entered his flat in Dhaka posing as potential tenants. (
The Islamic State group has released an audio recording purporting to feature the suicide bomber who killed 15 people at a police compound mosque in Saudi Arabia. (Photo: AP)
Iran issued an advisory warning its citizens Saturday to avoid land travel to neighbouring Turkey after an Iranian bus was attacked by gunmen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack but Turkish authorities blamed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK
A powerful truck bomb in Kabul early Friday killed at least seven people and wounded more than 100 others, officials said, the first major attack in the Afghan capital since the announcement of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death. (Photo: AP)
Paris turning schools, hotels into housing for migrants (Photo: AFP)
Annoyed with Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare and same sex marriages, Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal has said if given a chance he would toss out half-a-dozen judges of the top court, including two nominated by Presidents George W