Israel could respond to any Iranian attack on it from Syria by toppling president Bashar al-Assad's government, an Israeli security cabinet minister says, hinting that Mr Assad himself may be targeted for assassination.

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for another six years as Russian President, buoyed by popular support but weighed down too by a costly confrontation with the West, a fragile economy and uncertainty about what happens when his term ends.

Two days after Indian police arrested 14 people over the alleged gang-rape and murder of a teenager in the state of Jharkhand, a 17-year-old is reportedly battling for her life after being raped and set ablaze in the same state.

While international eyes focus on what the UN has called the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, another deadly conflict is heating up in the mountains of the country's north.

Dubai is under pressure to reveal what happened to one of its princesses, who was allegedly kidnapped by armed men after trying to flee to India on a luxury yacht.

The last remaining independent English language newspaper in Cambodia has been sold to a Malaysian PR man, who previously worked for the Cambodian Government and is currently "managing 'covert operations' for our clients", according to his website.

New radar scans prove there are no hidden rooms in King Tutankhamun's burial chamber, ending speculation the tomb of ancient Egypt's young pharaoh king may also be the last resting place of Queen Nefertiti.

China strikes back after the White House criticises Beijing's push to control how international airlines refer to its territories as "Orwellian nonsense".

Red-hot lava buries homes in Hawaii as one of the world's most active volcanoes continues to erupt and hundreds of people take shelter in evacuation centres.

Red-hot lava buries homes in Hawaii as one of the world's most active volcanoes continues to erupt and hundreds of people take shelter in evacuation centres.