Pope Francis I on Monday called on Christians to pray for all the children living in places ravaged by war and conflict in his traditional Christmas Day message. ....

US President Donald Trump said he was proud to wish people a Merry Christmas, and so defend the beautiful time-honoured phrase against political correctness. ....

Eight people were killed and two injured on Monday in a suicide bomb attack near Afghanistan's intelligence agency here, officials said. ....

At least 37 people may have died in the massive fire that ravaged a shopping mall here on Saturday, authorities said on Sunday as firefighters continued battling pockets of flames 16 hours after the blaze broke. ....

At least 74 people were killed and over 50,000 displaced after tropical storm Tembin pounded southern Philippines, flooding large swaths of the region and causing landslides, disaster management officials on said Saturday. ....

With unprecedented Chinese backing, the Security Council tightened the economic chokehold on North Korea by unanimously voting on Friday to impose the strictest sanctions on North Korea aiming to cut off most fuel supplies and ban major exports following Pyongyang's latest missile test. ....

Making a surprise visit to Afghanistan, US Vice President Mike Pence has alleged that Pakistan had provided a safe haven to the Taliban and other groups for too long. ....

Pakistan Army on Friday again violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, leading to a heavy exchange of fire with Indian troops that was on late into the evening, officials said. ....

Eighteen people died and dozens were injured in a fire that engulfed a commercial building in South Korea's Jecheon city on Thursday, firefighters said. ....

India and Myanmar on Wednesday signed a MoU to develop Rakhine State, from where thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh following a military crackdown. ....